Brown Bird With Black And White Striped Head Note a white striped form at left and a tan striped form below.
Brown bird with black and white striped head The nape is narrowly grey and the rest of the upperparts are pale brown streaked with black on the back but unstreaked and more buff on the rump and tail.
Brown bird with black and white striped head. White throated sparrows are brown above and gray below with a striking head pattern. Both the tail and the legs are long. It has a clear gray breast and belly long tail and wings distinctly marked with two white wing bars. The white crowned sparrow is a distinctive bird with bold black and white stripes on its head.
The adult female is mainly olive brown greyer on the underparts and with white patches in the wings. You ll also see a less boldly marked form known as tan striped with a buff on brown face pattern instead of white on black. Craig fosdick macaulay library california august 20 2016. White throated sparrows can be white striped or tan striped referring the to stripes above their eyes.
The beak is orange yellow to reddish brown depending on the subspecies. Lark sparrow chondestes grammacus the lark sparrow is a small bird with distinctive head markings with white or pale brown stripe on the crown bordered by chestnut brown. Black capped chickadee left or carolina chickadee right. The adult has a short black tail black wings and a large pale bill.
The head has a black and white striped crown with yellow spots between the bill and the eyes. The evening grosbeak is 18 5 cm long. There are chestnut brown patches on side of the head below the eye. It has a dark brown and white striped crown sharply pointed bill and brown tail with white edges.
The adult male has a bright yellow forehead and body. The white throated sparrow is a medium sized sparrow with striped brown upper parts. This bird is not brown it s gray and white but does have black under its beak. Among the wintering birds in the yard they are probably the most common.
Large sparrow with relatively small bill. Its head is brown and there is a large white patch in the wing. Bold head pattern of black and white stripes. This short stocky ground dwelling bird has dark streaked brown upperparts bright yellow underparts and a broad black v on the breast.
It is a cavity nester.