Black and white coloration is visually striking. A deep contrast in colors can draw the eye and make ... black and white ...

Cactus wrens have a distinctive white eye stripe above and behind each eye ... black and brown feathers. The bird's beak is slightly curved. Cactus wrens are desert dwellers and live in and ...

but American tree sparrows are more frequent at bird feeders. Polytypic. Length 6.3". Gray head and nape crowned with rufous; rufous stripe behind eye; gray throat and breast, with dark central ...

The male has black “side-burn” stripes on its cheeks and a second set of stripes behind its eye ... belly is a creamy white with lines of black spots. It is a handsome bird.