Species: Amphispiza belli
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Gray-brown head, white eye ring, white lore spot or eyebrow, and broad white whisker stripe above a dark whisker stripe; back is buffy brown with dusky streaks; two pale wing bars (not conspicuous); underparts are white, with a central dark spot and dusky streaks on the sides; juveniles are duller and more heavily streaked, and the lore spot sometimes is indistinct (NGS 1983). Subspecies BELLI of western California is smaller and darker than are subspecies CANESCENS and NEVADENSIS (Johnson and Marten 1992).
Classification
Aves
Passeriformes
Emberizidae
Amphispiza
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Gray-brown head, white eye ring, white lore spot or eyebrow, and broad white whisker stripe above a dark whisker stripe; back is buffy brown with dusky streaks; two pale wing bars (not conspicuous); underparts are white, with a central dark spot and dusky streaks on the sides; juveniles are duller and more heavily streaked, and the lore spot sometimes is indistinct (NGS 1983). Subspecies BELLI of western California is smaller and darker than are subspecies CANESCENS and NEVADENSIS (Johnson and Marten 1992).