Chipping sparrow

Weight

12.1 g – 13.4 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

9.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

11.8 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

12 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The chipping sparrow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyPasserellidae
6. genusSpizella
7. SpeciesSpizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798)

Synonyms Fringilla socialis, Spizella socialis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

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@misc{chipping_sparrow_2026,
  title = {Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chipping-sparrow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}