Spizella pallida

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands • Maximum Elevation: 2,000 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 536 meters (1,759 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Biology

Diet

Mostly: Seeds

Lesser Quantities of: Insects

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Successional-scrub
• Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 3-5
• Length of Incubation : 10-12 days
• Days to Fledge : 8-9
• Number of Broods: often 2

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Spizella pallida (Swainson, 1832)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Chipping Sparrow, Brewer's 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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Notes

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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 1981-1985
• 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
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7293
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179439
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2482044
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179439
• IUCN ID: 243383
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX94030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13612

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 546.150 based on 6,052 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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