Lark Sparrow
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Emberizidae
Chondestes
Chondestes grammacus
A conspicuous sparrow of farmlands and roadsides, the Lark Sparrow has a bold face and tail pattern. With unusual courtship displays as well as plumage, it is like no other... More »
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Length: 5.75 inches ... Distictive head pattern: chestnut crown and cheeks, white supercilium, crown stripe, eye ring and throat, black eyeline and malar streak ... Lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus...
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Lark Sparrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lark Sparrow , Chondestes grammacus , is a fairly large sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Chondestes . This passerine bird breeds in southern Canada, much of the USA, and northern ...
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Learn how to identify Lark Sparrow, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A conspicuous sparrow of farmlands and roadsides, the Lark Sparrow has a bold face and tail pattern. With unusual courtship displays as well as plumage, it is like no other sparrow and is the sole member of its genus.
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The nests of Northern Mockingbirds have been found with both their own and Lark Sparrow eggs in them, but it is not clear whether the sparrows have taken over an abandoned nest or have driven away the original occupants;
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Lark Sparrow is a private press dedicated to contemporary works of fiction and poetry.
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Fall 2005, Lark Sparrow Press is completing a collaborative project with two design students from Columbia College Chicago. The project, A Field Guide to Urban Fowl is a satiric look at urban political types. It is a 2/color, 64pp, letterpress printed, 100-copy limited edition, hand-bound abecedarium.
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1999 (revised 2003). Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Lark Sparrow. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND. 18 pages. ... Breeding distribution of the Lark Sparrow in the United States and southern Canada, based on Breeding Bird Survey data, 1985-1991. Scale represents average number...
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Remarks It is about the size of a House Sparrow, decorated with a long fan-shaped tail, handsomely trimmed with white corners that are conspicuous in flight. Its otherwise pure white breast is marked with a single black dot, and it has bright chestnut cheek patches.
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