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Black-throated Sparrow

Amphispiza bilineataOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Black-throated Sparrow Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Dark grayish brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped
  • Crown Color: Gray-brown
  • Forehead Color: Gray-brown
  • Nape Color: Gray-brown
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Black-throated Sparrow Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 14 cm (5.5 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray-buff wash on sides and flanks.
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short flights with rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 22 cm (8.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black with white trim on outer feathers.
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Amphispiza bilineata
Length5.5 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Black-throated Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow: Medium sparrow, gray-brown upperparts, white underparts, black bib. Head has dark gray cap and sharply contrasting white eyebrow and cheek stripe. Bill is black. Long, round-tipped tail is edged with white. Legs and feet are gray. Forages on the ground and in low vegetation.

● Song: "queat-queat", "toodle-oodle-oodle"

● Foraging & Feeding: Black-throated Sparrow: Feeds on seeds during winter and insects during breeding season. Also consumes grass and herbs. Gravel is sometimes ingested to aid in digestion; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Black-throated Sparrow: Two to four white or light blue eggs are laid in a loosely built nest made of bark strips, grass, and stems, lined with wool, hair, or feathers, and built in a thorny bush. Incubation ranges from 12 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Black-throated Sparrow: Sage and Five-striped sparrows have white throats.

Flight Pattern

Short flights with rapidly beating wings.
Black-throated Sparrow Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Black-throated Sparrow: Breeds from northeastern California, southwestern Wyoming, and southeastern Colorado southward. Spends winters north to the desert regions of the southern U.S. Preferred habitats include deserts and scrublands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationNorthern birds migrate
Weight0.5 Ounces