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Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

The Field Sparrow is a small, cheerful bird that loves to sing! It has a pretty brown and white body and can often be found hopping around in fields and bushes.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Field Sparrow has a rusty-red cap, a clear gray breast without streaks, and a distinctive pink bill. Its back is streaked brown, contrasting with a clear white eye-ring, which helps distinguish it from other sparrows.

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Field Sparrow

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Field Sparrows often raise two broods of chicks in one summer!

Its sweet song sounds like a tiny bouncing ball slowing down!

These tiny birds build nests so hidden, they are hard to spot!

They use their small pink beak to search for seeds and tiny bugs.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Field Sparrows build well-camouflaged nests on the ground or very low in shrubs that helps them hide eggs and chicks.

Field Sparrows possess a variable song, with individuals adapting their melodies that helps them attract mates and define territory.

Field Sparrows can cleverly switch their diet between seeds and insects that helps them find food easily year-round.

Maße und Details

Länge: 12-15 cm
Flügelspannweite: 19-24 cm
Gewicht: 0.011-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung: 3-7 Jahre
Top Speed: 38 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-5
Brutzeit: 10-12 Tage
Zugstrecke: 1500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

This little bird eats a mix of seeds and insects, helping to manage pests and spread plant seeds!

Altersunterschiede: Adults consume more seeds, while nestlings are fed a higher proportion of insects for growth.

Hauptnahrung

Grass seeds
Weed seeds
Beetles
Caterpillars
Grasshoppers
Spiders

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

A common predator of small birds like sparrows.

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Preys on eggs and nestlings from ground nests.

hunts

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Eats these insects, especially during breeding season.

shelters

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Uses tall grasses for nesting and cover from predators.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

Gefiedert beschreibt Tiere, hauptsächlich Vögel, die ein Federkleid besitzen.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Gesang

Singende Tiere erzeugen komplexe Lautäußerungen, oft um Partner anzulocken, ihr Revier zu verteidigen oder innerhalb ihrer Art zu kommunizieren.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.