Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Species:	Zonotrichia capensis
Common:	Rufous-collared sparrow

The rufous-collared sparrow is a passerine bird of the American sparrow familt found from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego.

Identification

Adults

Adult male and female rufous-collared sparrows are similar in appearance. They have stubby gray bill and a gray head with broad black stripes on the crown sides and thinner stripes through the eye and below the cheeks. The nape and sides of the breast are rufous and the upperparts are black-streaked buff-brown. The throat is white with a rufous strip, and the underparts are off-white, becoming brown on the flanks and with a black breast patch. They have two white wing bars.

Immature

Immature birds have a duller, indistinct head pattern, with brown stripes and a buff ground color. They lack the rufous collar, and have streaked underparts.