Chipping Sparrow

• Scientific Name: Spizella Passerina
• Common Name: Chipping Sparrow
• Diet: seeds, insects
• Color: brownish
• Size: 5.5 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: rusty cap, black eye line, gray breast, black bill
• Nest: cup
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Spizella
• Family: Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: passerina