Black-chinned Sparrow
Spizella atrogularis (Cabanis, 1851)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis, is a passerine of the New World sparrow family, found in North America and Middle America, with breeding populations in the south-western USA and Mexico. It is a slim, long-tailed bird, and the breeding male is marked by black on the throat, chin and front of the face. Females, young birds and males outside the breeding season show little or none of this black. First described by Cabanis in 1851, it has four recognised subspecies, with some breeding only in the USA, some only in Mexico, and others in both countries.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sw USA and Mexico
