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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	22,200,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	9,880,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	240000000 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	2.41 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is inferred to number 240 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species has been undergoing a moderate decline at an average rate of 0.6% per year between 1970 and 2017 (Partners in Flight 2019). Short-term trends suggest that the population in North America has declined by 17% over the past ten years (Pardieck et al. 2018), though trends in the U.S.A. and Canada vary regionally, with some populations declining while others are increasing (Meehan et al. 2018).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extant	native			yes
Belize	extant	native	yes
Canada	extant	native		yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Costa Rica	extant	vagrant	yes
Cuba	extant	vagrant
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes		yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	vagrant	yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native		yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant
USA	extant	native	yes	yes	yes	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Forest	Boreal	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 3800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chipping-sparrow-spizella-passerina on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.