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'''Common Name:''' Black-throated Sparrow

'''Scientific Name:''' Amphispiza bilineata

'''Size:''' 5-6 inches (12-14cm)

'''Habitat:''' North America. Summers: Breeds from southern Oregon and Idaho southward to central Mexico and central Texas. Also locally in Washington and central California. Winters: From southern Nevada and central Texas southward.

'''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 30,000,000 mature adults. Declining across range in United States, probably because of habitat loss to urban development. . 

'''Diet:''' Seeds and some insects.

'''Breeding:''' Sparrows are generally ground nesters.

'''Cool Facts:''' The song is a series of two opening notes followed by a buzz or trill, or sometimes several. Black-throated Sparrows are often found in mixed flocks of White-crowned Sparrows and Brewer's Sparrows in the winter. The Black-throated Sparrow is the king of the desert-adapted sparrows as it can satisfy all its water requirements from the seeds and insects it eats.  It will, however, take advantage of spring water if available.

The Black-throated Sparrow establishes a large territory it defends during nest construction and egg laying. Once incubation starts, males are less responsive to intruders and their territory boundary shrinks.


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