Sparrows

Emberizine and Old World Sparrows A-H of North America

North American birds include species found in the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada that are breeding species, regular visitors, and casual and accidental species from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. In addition, as an identification aid, I have included photos of these species even if the photos were taken outside of the North American area.

All Photos are © Marshall Faintich

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American Tree Sparrow


Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013

Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013
Blue Grass Valley, VA
February 2013

Swoope, VA
February 2018
Swoope, VA
February 2018
Swoope, VA
February 2018
Swoope, VA
February 2018

Swoope, VA
February 2018
Swoope, VA
February 2018
Denali NP, AK
July 2019

Eurasian Tree Sparrow


Elsberry, MO
March 2009
Elsberry, MO
March 2009
St. Louis County, MO
March 2009
St. Louis County, MO
April 2013

St. Louis County, MO
March 2009
St. Louis County, MO
March 2009
St. Louis County, MO
March 2009
St. Louis County, MO
March 2009

Scotland
May 2017
Scotland
May 2017
St. Louis County, MO
August 2017
BK Leach, MO
August 2017

Bachman's Sparrow


Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016

Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016
Croatan N.F., NC
April 2016

Black-chinned Sparrow


Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014
Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014
Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014

Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014
Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014
Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014

Black-throated Sparrow


Florida Canyon, AZ
January 2017
Florida Canyon, AZ
January 2017
Mescal, AZ
January 2017
Mescal, AZ
January 2017

Boyce Thompson Arb.,
AZ; May 2010
Boyce Thompson Arb.,
AZ; May 2010
Boyce Thompson Arb.,
AZ; May 2010

Brewer's Sparrow


Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017
Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017
Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017
Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017

Mt. Ord, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014

Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014

Chipping Sparrow


Crozet, VA
February 2021
Crozet, VA
April 2021
Crozet, VA
January 2022
Crozet, VA
January 2022

Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2008
Crozet, VA
November 2017
Crozet, VA
March 2020
Crozet, VA
June 2019

Reddish Knob, VA
June 2021
Rockfish Valley, VA
August 2008
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2014

Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
July 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2012

Rockfish Valley, VA
August 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2014
Blue Ridge Parkway,
VA; May 2014

Crozet, VA
April 2017
Crozet, VA
April 2017
Skyline Drive, VA
May 2018
Crozet, VA
February 2018

Crozet, VA
January 2018
Crozet, VA
January 2018
Charlotte, NC
October 2018
Charlotte, NC
October 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway,
VA; September 2019
Crozet, VA
July 2019
Crozet, VA
July 2019
Crozet, VA
July 2019

Crozet, VA
July 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022

Chipping x Clay-colored hybrid Sparrow


Crozet, VA
January 2020
Crozet, VA
January 2020
Crozet, VA
January 2020
Crozet, VA
January 2020

Clay-colored Sparrow


Crozet, VA
October 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022

Crozet, VA
October 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022
Crozet, VA
October 2022

Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020

Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2020

Canaan Valley NWR,
WV; June 2013
Canaan Valley NWR,
WV; June 2013
Canaan Valley NWR,
WV; June 2013
Canaan Valley NWR,
WV; June 2013

Field Sparrow


Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
April 2020

Crozet, VA
March 2020
Blackwater NWR, MD
November 2019
Swoope, VA
November 2019
Crozet, VA
December 2019

Crozet, VA
November 2017
Crozet, VA
November 2017
Cambridge, MD
November 2017
Crozet, VA
December 2017

Waynesboro, VA
April 2020
Crozet, VA
December 2018
Crozet, VA
December 2018
Crozet, VA
December 2018

Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2014
Augusta County, VA
December 2017
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2010

Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2015
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
June 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
May 2014

Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA
August 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2010

Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
June 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
June 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2013

Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2012
Crozet, VA
April 2019
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2012

Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2013
Crozet, VA
March 2019
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2015

St. Charles, MO
August 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
August 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2013
Swoope, VA
December 2013

Crozet, VA
December 2018
Charlotte, NC
October 2018
Augusta County, VA
November 2018
Crozet, VA
February 2019

Crozet, VA
March 2022
Crozet, VA
April 2021
Crozet, VA
April 2021
Crozet, VA
November 2021

Fox Sparrow


Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018
Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018
Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018
Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018

Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018
Cape Breton, Canada
July 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2016
Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2015

Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2007
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2007
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2007
Crozet, VA
December 2020

Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014

Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2010

Crozet, VA
November 2021
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
November 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2015

Golden-crowned Sparrow


Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019

Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019
Spencer Lake, AK
July 2019

Grasshopper Sparrow


Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011

Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2012

Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
August 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012

Swoope, VA
June 2012
Swoope, VA
June 2012
Swoope, VA
June 2012
Swoope, VA
June 2012

Swoope, VA
May 2014
Swoope, VA
May 2014
Swoope, VA
May 2014
Swoope, VA
June 2015

Swoope, VA
June 2015
Swoope, VA
June 2015
Swoope, VA
July 2016
Swoope, VA
July 2016

Swoope, VA
July 2016
Swoope, VA
July 2016
Swoope, VA
May 2018
Durch Gap, VA
June 2018

Swoope, VA
June 2019
Swoope, VA
June 2019
Swoope, VA
June 2019
Swoope, VA
June 2019

Swoope, VA
June 2020
Swoope, VA
June 2020

Harris's Sparrow


Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017

Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017
Page County, VA
December 2017

Henslow's Sparrow


Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017

Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017

Gray Summit, MO
August 2017
Gray Summit, MO
August 2017

House Sparrow


Crozet, VA
September 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020

Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
October 2018
Crozet, VA
October 2018
Crozet, VA
October 2019

Crozet, VA
March 2017
Nazarenne Wetlands
VA; August 2014
Crozet, VA
November 2017
Crozet, VA
April 2017

New Castle, NH
August 2011
New Castle, NH
August 2011
Crozet, VA
December 2017
Crozet, VA
July 2017

Phoenix, AZ
May 2010
Phoenix, AZ
May 2010
St. Louis County, MO,
April 2013
St. Louis County, MO,
April 2013

Crozet, VA
February 2018
El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
Estero Llano Grande
SP, TX; May 2015

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