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Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Photo by Ismael Chaves
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Description:

The Rufous-collared Sparrow is 13.5–15 cm long and weighs 20–25 g. The adult has a stubby grey bill and a grey head with broad black stripes on the crown sides and thinner stripes through the eye and below the cheeks.

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