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Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Aimophila ruficeps Order: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Brown or tan.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Striped, Eyering (complete or broken), Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Red-brown
  • Forehead Color: Red-brown
  • Nape Color: Red-brown
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 15 cm (6 in)
  • Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Brown, Gray
  • Underparts: Gray
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown with red-brown streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short flights., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Brown
  • Under Tail: Dark Brown
  • Leg Color: Pink-gray
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Aimophila ruficeps
Length6 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Medium sparrow with gray-brown upperparts streaked with red-brown; underparts are gray. Head has rufous crown, gray face, rufous eye-line, and thick, black moustache stripe. Wings are brown and lack bars. Tail is long and rounded. Legs and feet are pink-gray.

● Song: "chip-chip", "deer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Feeds on insects and seeds; forages by walking or hopping slowly on the ground or in low bushes, often feeds in pairs or small family groups.

● Breeding & nesting: Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Two to five white to pale blue eggs are laid in a neat cup nest made of grass, sticks, and bark pieces, lined with grass and mammal hair, and built on the ground or low in a tree or bush. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Rufous-winged Sparrow has rufous shoulder patches, paler underparts, thinner moustache stripe, and different song.

Flight Pattern

Short flights., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Rufous-crowned Sparrow: Resident from California, southern Arizona, and southern New Mexico east to Texas and central Oklahoma. Inhabits open oak woodlands and dry uplands with grassy vegetation and bushes, often near rocky outcrops.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCommon locally
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces