Definition of Spizella

1. Noun. Chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Spizella

Spirula peronii
Spirulidae
Spitfire
Spitsbergen
Spitz
Spitz nevus
Spitzbergen
Spitzenburgh
Spitzenburghs
Spitzer's theory
Spitzka's marginal tract
Spitzka's marginal zone
Spitzka's nucleus
Spivakian
Spix's spine
Spizella (current term)
Spizella arborea
Spizella pusilla
Spk1 kinase
Splendore
Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon
Splendour of the Father
Split
Spock
Spock ears
Spockian
Spockish
Spode
Spodoptera exigua

Literary usage of Spizella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"HAB. Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, south in winter to Middle and Western Mexico. 561. Spizella pallida (SWAINS.). ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Breeds from Iowa and Nebraska northward. 562. Spizella breweri CASH, Brewer's Sparrow. Spizella breweri CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Feb. 1856, 40. ..."

3. "Forest and Stream" Bird Notes: An Index and Summary of All the by Harry B. Bailey (1881)
"Spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow, v., 22, 340—Usually raise two' broods in a season near Trenton, NJ—Chas. С. Abbott, vi., 7, 99, 1 —Numerous at Trenton, ..."

4. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... but easily overlooked when in company with other sparrows, such as Spizella monticola along the edge of woods in March, or Savanna Sparrows, ..."

5. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... transient visitant in Missouri, but easily overlooked when in company with other sparrows, such as Spizella monticola along the edge of woods in March, ..."

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