Sparrows can be difficult to identify. Many of them are brown and have subtle differences in their plumage. In this video I help you learn to identify 10+ of the most common sparrow species that you might encounter with images, habitat information, behavior, range maps, and vocalizations.

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Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps for some of these species
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Song, Savannah, Swamp, Lincoln's, White-crowned, American Tree, Chipping Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco range maps adapted from Cephas - Adpated from Birds of The World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. birdsoftheworld.org/ (CC by 4.0, edited)
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White-throated Sparrow range map adapted from Isochrone - Own work using GIS data from IUCN Redlist 3.1 and Natural Earth Data (CC by 4.0, edited)

House Sparrow map from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data (CC by 3.0, edited)
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Background of cover image by Deborah Lee Soltesz (U.S. Forest Service Coconino National Forest) (Public Domain, edited)

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All recordings by Jonathon Jongsma (edited)
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Savannah Sparrow video with them on tips of branches by Hannah Bradburn / USFWS (Public Domain)
Single Savannah Sparrow on grasses video by Don Henise (CC by 2.0, edited)
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Fox Sparrow in leaves video by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren (CC by 2.0)

All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann

0:00 Intro
1:12 5 Keys to Identification
2:00 House Sparrow
3:10 American Tree Sparrow
4:07 Chipping Sparrow
5:15 White-throated Sparrow
6:13 Bonus: White-crowned Sparrow
6:42 Song Sparrow
7:49 Swamp Sparrow
8:31 Lincoln's Sparrow
9:32 Savannah Sparrow
10:45 Fox Sparrow
11:33 Field Sparrow
12:22 Bonus: Dark-eyed Junco
13:14 Bonus: Eastern and Spotted Towhee
14:13 Closing

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