Clay-colored Sparrows are small and slim, with a broad pale eyebrow, pale mustache, and gray collar. They breed in low northern prairie shrublands and winter in drier grasslands and upland scrub.
This petite, slender sparrow has a broad buffy eyebrow, pale mustache, and gray collar. A pale stripe runs along the crown, and its fairly long tail is notched.
It uses low shrubs and field edges in the breeding season, feeding close to the ground on seeds and leaf buds. It also takes insects and spiders and may forage outside its breeding territory.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.