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Botteri's Sparrow

Aimophila botteriiOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Codes: Common Name: BOSP Scientific Name: AIMBOT ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179390
Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head
  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Red-brown and gray striped.
  • Forehead Color: Red-brown and gray striped.
  • Nape Color: Gray with red-brown and black streaking.
  • Throat Color: Buff-gray
  • Cere color: No Data
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Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body
  • Length Range: 15 cm (6 in)
  • Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Black, Gray, Buff
  • Underparts: Buff-gray
  • Upperparts: Gray with red-brown and black streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Botteri's Sprarrow Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray-brown
  • Under Tail: Gray-brown
  • Leg Color: Pink-gray
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Aimophila botterii
Length6 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Botteri's Sparrow

Botteri's Sparrow: Medium-sized sparrow with brown-streaked, gray upperparts and pale gray underparts. Bill is gray. Wings are tinged rust-brown. Tail is gray-brown, long, and round-tipped. Short flights with rapidly beating wing strokes alternating with wings pulled briefly to sides.

● Song: "chick"

● Foraging & Feeding: Botteri's Sparrow: Eats insects and seeds; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Botteri's Sparrow: Two to five pale blue eggs are laid in a nest made of grass and rootlets, lined with finer materials, and built on the ground or in a grassy tussock, usually sheltered by tall grass or a shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Botteri's Sparrow: Cassin's Sparrow has white tips on outer tail feathers. Grasshopper Sparrow is chunkier with buff underparts and buff streaks on upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Botteri's Sparrow Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Botteri's Sparrow: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southern Texas. Spends winters south of U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include open arid country such as grasslands, savannas, and desert-scrub.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationSome migrate
Weight0.7 Ounces
Perching-like HeadX
Perching-like BodyX
Perching-like FlightX
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

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To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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