Clay-colored Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Spizella pallida

Least Concern

Aves · Passeriformes · Passerellidae

About

The clay-colored sparrow or clay-coloured sparrow is a small New World sparrow of North America.

Fun Fact

Adults have light brown upperparts and pale underparts, with darker streaks on the back.

Quick Facts

Habitat

Habitat is shrubby open areas and jack pine woods across central Canada and central northern United States east to the Great Lakes, and is expanding further eastward.

Diet

Eating seeds and insects.

Lifespan

To be updated

Threats

  • Habitat Change
  • Human Disturbance