Mystery Bird: Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata

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[Mystery bird] Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Richard Ditch, 18 May 2005 [larger view].

Date Time Original: 2005:05:18 08:27:35
Exposure Time: 1/249
F-Number: 16.00
ISO: 400

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black-throated sparrow
bill and body shapes says sparrow
distinctive white eye and cheek stripes
black throat

I'm with billip: Black-throated sparrow, and a handsome fellow he is, too. Face stripes, black throat, dark gray above and light below