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American Tree Sparrow
Spizelloides arborea
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Doug Hynes (XC568655). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,573,752 |
|---|---|
| New York | 489,543 |
| Pennsylvania | 80,923 |
| New Hampshire | 63,856 |
| Missouri | 60,888 |
| Maine | 54,083 |
| New Jersey | 47,135 |
| Connecticut | 38,097 |
| Kentucky | 21,429 |
| West Virginia | 20,787 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | New World Sparrows · Passerellidae |
| Genus | Spizelloides |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise American Tree Sparrow with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.