The male Black-chinned Sparrow's song sounds very much like a bouncing ping-pong ball.
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This map depicts the seasonally-averaged estimated relative abundance, defined as the expected count on an eBird Traveling Count starting at the optimal time of day with the optimal search duration and distance that maximizes detection of that species in a region. 0.34. Year-round.
These small, long-tailed sparrows are gray with a pink bill and brown wings. Face of adult male looks like it's covered in soot.
The trill can end on a higher pitch or a lower pitch, but it always accelerates.
A small, slender sparrow with a round head, a conical bill, and a long tail. Learn more. Only the male sports the namesake black chin.
They forage on the ground in chaparral and desert scrub, but they don't stay out in the open for long. Riverside County, CA, April. 0.
The notes slur into each other as the song gets faster and faster. Abundance.
The song starts with 1–5 clear notes, followed by a long accelerating trill.
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Black-chinned Sparrow CALL Spizella atrogularis. Chris R. Tenney Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020 Text last updated January 1, 1997 Reminiscent of Dark-eyed Junco but no white in tail; also note streaked back and brown edges on …
Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis. Long-tailed, pale gray sparrow with contrasting brown back and small pink bill. In summer it favors rocky slopes of mixed chaparral or sagebrush from near sea level to almost 2,500 m. If you hear a ping-pong ball bouncing around rugged and rocky hillsides of the Southwest, look for a Black-chinned Sparrow. ; photographer Brian E. Small The Black-chinned Sparrow is an inconspicuous but locally common songbird of arid brushlands throughout the southwestern United States and south-central Mexico. Prefers shrubby hillsides and slopes with large bushes and rocky outcroppings.