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Chipping sparrow

Index Chipping sparrow

The chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a species of American sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae. [1]

37 relations: American robin, American sparrow, Arid, Arthropod, Bird migration, Bird vocalization, Common grackle, Eastern bluebird, Emberizidae, Family (biology), Flight call, Forb, Great Plains, Hertz, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Mexico, Moulting, North America, Ogg, Ornithology, Passerellidae, Passerine, Pine warbler, Pinophyta, Plumage, Poaceae, Red-winged blackbird, Rocky Mountains, Seed predation, Song sparrow, Southern United States, Sparrow, Species, Subspecies, Supercilium, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

American robin

The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family.

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American sparrow

American sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming part of the family Passerellidae.

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Arid

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Bird vocalization

Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs.

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Common grackle

The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a large icterid which is found in large numbers through much of North America.

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Eastern bluebird

The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.

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Emberizidae

Emberizidae is a family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively finch-like bills.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Flight call

Flight calls are vocalisations made by birds while flying, which often serve to keep flocks together.

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Forb

A forb (sometimes spelled phorb) is an herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grasses, sedges and rushes).

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Great Plains

The Great Plains (sometimes simply "the Plains") is the broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Johann Matthäus Bechstein

Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822) was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist.

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Journal of Molecular Evolution

The Journal of Molecular Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers molecular evolution.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Ogg

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Passerellidae

The Passerellidae (New World sparrows or American sparrows) are a large family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively finch-like bills.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Pine warbler

The pine warbler (Setophaga pinus) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Plumage

Plumage ("feather") refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.

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Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.

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Red-winged blackbird

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Seed predation

Seed predation, often referred to as granivory, is a type of plant-animal interaction in which granivores (seed predators) feed on the seeds of plants as a main or exclusive food source,Hulme, P.E. and Benkman, C.W. (2002) "Granivory", pp.

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Song sparrow

The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a medium-sized American sparrow.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Sparrow

Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Supercilium

The supercilium is a plumage feature found on the heads of some bird species.

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The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (until 2006 The Wilson Bulletin) is a quarterly scientific journal published by the Wilson Ornithological Society.

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Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina, Spizella socialis.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_sparrow

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