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Lark Sparrow

Chondestes grammacusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Lark Sparrow Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Brown, red-brown, or sepia.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Eyering (complete or broken), Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Gray, black and red-brown striped.
  • Forehead Color: Gray, black and red-brown striped.
  • Nape Color: Gray, black and red-brown striped.
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Lark Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 15-17 cm (5.75-6.75 in)
  • Weight: 28 g (1 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Black
  • Underparts: Buff with dark brown breast spot.
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown with black streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Lark Sparrow Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Fluttering wing beats., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 27-28 cm (10.5-11 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: White edging
  • Upper Tail: Black with white edging.
  • Under Tail: Black with white edging.
  • Leg Color: Pink-red
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Chondestes grammacus
Length5.75 - 6.75 Inches
Wingspan10.75 Inches

Lark Sparrow

Lark Sparrow: Medium sparrow with streaked, gray-brown upperparts and buff underparts with black breast spot. Head has black, white, and chestnut-brown stripes. Tail is long and black with white edges. Short, fluttering flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.

● Song: "tik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Lark Sparrow: Eats seeds, grasshoppers, and other insects; forages on the ground and low in trees and shrubs, usually in flocks, even during breeding season.

● Breeding & nesting: Lark Sparrow: Three to six white to pale gray eggs marked with brown and black are laid on the ground or low in a bush or tree in a bulky cup nest made of sticks, grass, and forbs, and lined with rootlets and grass. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Lark Sparrow: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Fluttering wing beats., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Lark Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Lark Sparrow: Breeds from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and northern Minnesota, south to California, northern Mexico, Louisiana, and Alabama. Spends winters from southern California to Florida and southward. Preferred habitats include grasslands, semi-open scrublands, agricultural areas, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper woodlands in lowlands and foothills.
BreedingMonogamous, Loose colonies, Some polygamous
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight1 Ounces