Brewer’s Sparrow

  • Scientific Name: Spizella Breweri
  • Common Name: Brewer's Sparrow
  • Diet: seeds, insects
  • Color: gray-brown
  • Size: 5.5 inches
  • Active Period: Winter
  • Habitat: widespread
  • Field Identification: white eye ring, clear breast, dark streaks on head
  • Nest: cuplike
  • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  • Genus: Spizella
  • Family: Emberizidae (sparrows)
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
  • Species: breweri