Stats

Lifespan: 3-8 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

The Lark Sparrow stands out among North American sparrows with its bold harlequin face pattern of chestnut, black, and white stripes. Unlike most sparrows, it often displays with a distinctive tail-fanning courtship dance performed on the ground rather than in flight.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Chondestes
Species: Chondestes grammacus