Least ConcernCommonSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 11 g
About the Clay-colored Sparrow
The clay-colored sparrow or clay-coloured sparrow is a small New World sparrow of North America.
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What the Clay-colored Sparrow sounds like
Recording: Jonathon Jongsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Jonathon Jongsma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Jonathon Jongsma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto
Where it lives
Regular range
When to see it
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Peak activity in May · a summer visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweriBrewer's sparrow is a small, slim species of American sparrow in the family Passerellidae.
Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularisThe black-chinned sparrow is a small passerine, measuring 5 to 5+3⁄4 in.
Worthen's SparrowSpizella wortheniSpizella wortheni can range in length from 12.5 to 14 cm.
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