Eastern Red Fox Sparrow
A species of Fox Sparrows Scientific name : Passerella iliaca iliaca Genus : Fox Sparrows
Eastern Red Fox Sparrow, A species of Fox Sparrows
Botanical name: Passerella iliaca iliaca
Genus: Fox Sparrows
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Description Migration Overview
Description
The red fox sparrow is a large sparrow with a length of 15–19 cm (6–7.5 inches), wingspan of 27 cm (10.5 inches) and an average weight of 32 grams (1.1 oz). The head is gray with a rufus crown auriculars or ear coverts. Throat is white with a rufus lateral stripe on each side. The lower bill is yellow while the top transitions from yellow at the bottom to black at the top. The breast has reddish brown streaks with a messy central spot. The streaks continue down the flanks but the belly is generally white. The combination of distinct rufus and gray streaks on the back with a gray rump is diagnostic. Sexes are morphologically similar. 
Size
15 - 19 cm
Colors
Brown
Red
Gray
White
Habitat
Red fox sparrows breed in a wide band that stretches through mostly taiga habitat, from Newfoundland to northern Alaska. Their preferred breeding habitats are dense willow and alder thickets as well as spruce and fir bogs. Red fox sparrows may nest on the ground, or in shrubs and trees. They typically nest less than 2 metres off the ground.
Migration Overview
They winter in temperate and subtropical North America; in the northern United States and southern Canada they often only stop over on their migration further south. The spring migration starts around February, and by early May almost all birds have returned to the breeding grounds. In fall, they start to move south around early October, and by mid-November, only the last stragglers still remain up North.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
New world sparrows Genus
Fox Sparrows Species
Eastern Red Fox Sparrow 
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