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Five-striped Sparrow

Aimophila quinquestriataOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Five-striped Sparrow Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Dark brown to brown-black.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Eyering (complete or broken), Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Dark gray-brown
  • Forehead Color: Dark gray-brown
  • Nape Color: Dark gray-brown
  • Throat Color: White with black and white stripes on sides.
  • Cere color: Yellow
Five-striped 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: White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray sides, flanks and undertail coverts.
  • Upperparts: Dark gray-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Five-striped Sparrow Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short flights with raidly beatin 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: Dark Gray, Finely streaked
  • Upper Tail: Dark Brown
  • Under Tail: Dark Brown
  • Leg Color: Pink-gray
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Aimophila quinquestriata
Length6 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Five-striped Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow: Medium sparrow, dark, gray-brown upperparts, gray underparts, white belly. Head has thin white eye-line and eye-ring, and black-and-white throat stripes. Pink-gray legs, feet. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

● Song: "serr-it-chee-chee-it-ts-chee-chee-it-serr-serr","sik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Five-striped Sparrow: Eats insects and seeds gleaned from the ground or foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Five-striped Sparrow: Three to four white eggs are laid in a cup nest made of rootlets, grass, and finer materials, and built atop a grassy tussock, on the ground, or low in a bush. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Five-striped Sparrow: Black-Throated Sparrow has completely black chin, throat, and breast; two white stripes on each side of head, white underparts with brown sides and flanks, brown upperparts, and white-edged tail.

Flight Pattern

Short flights with raidly beatin wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Five-striped Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Five-striped Sparrow: Uncommon and local in southern Arizona; also found in Mexico; inhabits arid rocky hills with dense brush.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces