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American Tree Sparrow -
(Spizella arborea)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Streaked brown back, light below
  • Small round dark spot on otherwise
         clear breast
  • Grey head with rusty red cap and eye stripe
  • Dark upper bill, light colored lower bill
  • Two white wingbars
  • Relatively long tail
  • 5.5-6.5" (14-16 cm.)

Habitat

  • Brushy areas, old fields
  • Residential areas

Additional Information

  • Abundant migrant, common winter resident
  • Breeding areas in northern Canada and Alaska 
  • Watch for predators using left eye
        (juncos use right) (Cornell)
  • During summer they eat insects, in winter
         they switch to seeds

American Tree Sparrow sitting on a branch

Close up of the American Treen Sparrow 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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