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Botteri's Sparrow

Aimophila botteriiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Red-brown and gray striped.
  • Forehead Color: Red-brown and gray striped.
  • Nape Color: Gray with red-brown and black streaking.
  • Throat Color: Buff-gray
  • Cere color: No Data
Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 15 cm (6 in)
  • Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
  • Size: Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown, Buff
  • Underparts: Buff-gray
  • Upperparts: Gray with red-brown and black streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Botteri's Sprarrow Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray-brown
  • Under Tail: Gray-brown
  • Leg Color: Pink-gray
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Family
Species Aimophila botterii
Length6 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Botteri's Sparrow

Botteri's Sparrow: Medium-sized sparrow with brown-streaked, gray upperparts and pale gray underparts. Bill is gray. Wings are tinged rust-brown. Tail is gray-brown, long, and round-tipped. Short flights with rapidly beating wing strokes alternating with wings pulled briefly to sides.

● Song: "chick"

● Foraging & Feeding: Botteri's Sparrow: Eats insects and seeds; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Botteri's Sparrow: Two to five pale blue eggs are laid in a nest made of grass and rootlets, lined with finer materials, and built on the ground or in a grassy tussock, usually sheltered by tall grass or a shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Botteri's Sparrow: Cassin's Sparrow has white tips on outer tail feathers. Grasshopper Sparrow is chunkier with buff underparts and buff streaks on upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Botteri's Sparrow: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southern Texas. Spends winters south of U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include open arid country such as grasslands, savannas, and desert-scrub.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationSome migrate
Weight0.7 Ounces