-The black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) is a small, medium-sized sparrow with a striking face pattern
-It has a gray face with two white stripes and a black triangle on its throat, a brown head and upperparts, and a white belly ... it also has a white line above its eye, a stripe between its brown cheek and black throat, and a soft brown back with pale underparts
-This resident of open, shrubby deserts is one of the sharpest-looking of all sparrows
-Native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, and are primarily found in open, shrubby deserts
-Quiet birds that forage on the ground for seeds and insects, and you may hear their tinkling calls