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The rufous-crowned sparrow is a smallish sparrow at 5.25 inches (13.3 cm) in length, with males tending to be larger than females. It ranges from 15 to 23 g (0.53 to 0.81 oz) in weight and averages about 19 g (0.67 oz). It has a brown back with darker streaks and gray underparts. Its wings are short, rounded, and brown and lack wingbars, or a line of feathers of a contrasting color in the middle of the bird's wing. The sparrow's tail is long, brown, and rounded.
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When to see the Rufous-crowned Sparrow
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-crowned Sparrow
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rufous-crowned Sparrow
The rufous-crowned sparrow is a small American sparrow. This passerine is primarily found across the Southwestern United States and much of the interior of Mexico, south to the transverse mountain range, and to the Pacific coast to the southwest of the transverse range. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. Twelve subspecies are generally recognized, though up to eighteen have been suggested. This bird has a brown back with darker streaks and gray underparts. The crown is rufous, and the face and supercilium are gray with a brown or rufous streak extending from each eye and a thick black malar streak.
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Easily confused with
Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescensThe rusty sparrow is 16.5 to 20 cm (6.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 34 to 48 g (1.2 to 1.7 oz).
Oaxaca SparrowAimophila notostictaThe Oaxaca sparrow is 15 to 16.5 cm (5.9 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 26 to 30 g (0.92 to 1.1 oz).
Side by side: Rufous-crowned Sparrow vs Rusty Sparrow
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