Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallida
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPasserellidae (New World Sparrows)
- GenusSpizella (Spizella Sparrows)
- SpeciesSpizella pallida (Clay-colored Sparrow)
Closest Relatives at Shenandoah National Park
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Clay-colored Sparrow at Shenandoah National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there