Black-chinned Sparrow Photo Gallery

Breeding male

A slender sparrow with a pink conical bill. Breeding males are gray with brown wings and a black throat patch.

Female/nonbreeding male

Breeding male

Males often sing from conspicuous perches during the breeding season.

Female/nonbreeding male

A long-tailed sparrow with a pink conical bill. Nonbreeding birds lack the breeding male's black throat.

Juvenile

Female/nonbreeding male

A gray sparrow with a pink bill, brown wings, and brown streaks down its back.

Breeding male

Female/nonbreeding male

Females look like males, but lack the black chin and throat patch.

Habitat

Found in dry brushlands and chaparral along rugged hillsides.