Spizella arborea

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Found in fields , along wood margins , and occasionally at suburban feeders .

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,013 meters (0 to 16,447 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.3     Shrubland - Boreal   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Biology

Diet

Almost Exclusively: Seeds. Lesser Quantities of: Insects

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 3-5
• Length of Incubation : 12-13 days
• Days to Fledge : 8-10
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Spizella arborea (Wilson, 1810)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Field Sparrow

Members of the genus Spizella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. arborea (American Tree Sparrow) · S. arborea arborea (American Tree Sparrow) · S. atrogularis (California Black-Chinned Sparrow) · S. atrogularis atrogularis (Black-Chinned Sparrow) · S. breweri (Brewer's Chipping Sparrow) · S. breweri breweri (Brewer's Sparrow) · S. breweri taverneri (Brewer's Sparrow) · S. pallida (Clay-Colored Chipping Sparrow) · S. passerina (Little House Sparrow) · S. passerina passerina (Little House Sparrow) · S. pusilla (Field Chipping Sparrow) · S. pusilla arenacea (Field Sparrow) · S. pusilla pusilla (Field Chipping Sparrow) · S. taverneri (Timberline Sparrow) · S. wortheni (Worthen's Sparrow) · S. wortheni wortheni (Worthen's Sparrow)

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 18.
• A faunal investigation of Prince Edward County, Ontario / Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1941. url p. 89.
• An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url .
• Bird blow flies (Protocalliphora) in North America (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with notes on the Palearctic species / Curtis W. Sabrosky, Gordon F. Bennett, and Terry L. Whitworth. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. url p. 236.
• Bird populations in east central Illinois: fluctuations, variations, and development over a half-century / Champaign: University of Illinois Press, c1982. url p. 135.
• Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url p. 254, p. 340, p. 350.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 1 1958 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 72.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 1137, p. 1769, p. 1802, p. 1855, p. 303, p. 307, p. 406.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 131.
• Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 507.
• Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 612, p. 659, p. 678.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 699.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 81.
• Comparative physiology of temperature regulation. Editors: John P. Hannon [and] Eleanor Viereck. Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, 1962. url p. 297.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 250.
• Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, by Olaus J. Murie. Invertebrates and fishes collected in the Aleutians, 1936-38, by Victor B. Scheffer. Washington, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1959 url , p. 247.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 50, p. 90.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1976 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 222.
• Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 80.
• Management plan, Robb/Ledford wildlife management area. [Helena]:Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, [1999] url .
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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• EMAN Provider: PIROP (Shipboard Surveys)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7291
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179434
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13778119
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179432
• IUCN ID: 243380
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX94010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13611

Footnotes

1. Mean = 670.510 meters (2,199.836 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,107.390 based on 18,025 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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