Lincoln's sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii

Size: 5.5 inches
Overall Color: brown and whitish
Occurrence: near water and brushy areas
Diet: seeds, insects
Nest: cuplike on ground
Field Identification: white chin, white belly, small dark spot on chest, finely streaked buffy breast, broad gray eyebrow, secretive, eye ring
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)
Genus: Melospiza
Species: lincolnii