Unusual Sight Record for Utah
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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2024-09
Bell's Sparrow

Date first observed: 23 Jan 2024
Location:
Lytle Ranch Road, Washington Co.

Sightings:

  • 23 Jan 2024 - James Loveless [Record #2024-09]  (Photos)

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 
  Date Posted

   Results

1st round: 3 Feb 2024 0 acc, 6 not, 2 to 2nd
2nd round: 8 Mar 2024 0 acc, 8 not
Completed: 15 Apr 2024 Not Accepted

 

Summary*:   Differentiating Bell's from Sagebrush Sparrow, especially in this overlapping part of the ranges, is extremely difficult, even with excellent photos. None of the of the three individual birds in this record could be confidently ID's as Bell's Sparrow.
 
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 * Committee comments are available upon request to the Secretary
Note: 
The responsibility of the reviewers is to make sure that the record can stand alone to identify this species and to eliminate the possibility of a similar species. 
  
 

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