The Baird's Sparrow is a small brown streaked sparrow of about 12 cm in length. This Baird’s Sparrow has a distinctive song that easily distinguishes it from other birds. Adults have a yellow color on their heads, display dark and whitish colored streaking on the throat, and have a flat-shaped head and a heavy bill. Plumage color is a mixture of black, brown, tan and cream coloring with blackish streaks throughout. Females may have slightly more streaking on their throats and will have less distinct coloring on their crown and face. The tail of the Baird’s Sparrow is slightly notched and longer than the tail of other sparrows of the same genus (Green et al. 2002).

Life History information provided for the Baird’s Sparrow is summarized from the Birds of North America Online (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/).

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