White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, is a New World sparrow that breeds across north-western and western Canada and north-east and north-central USA, and moves as far south as northern Mexico outside the breeding season. It is a passerine in the family Passerellidae. It is best recognised by its white throat and yellow lores, and it is often compared with the White-crowned Sparrow. Adults occur in two plumage forms, one with a black crown and white central stripe, the other with a dark brown crown and tan central stripe.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Passerellidae — New World Sparrows

Breeding range

North America: nw, w Canada and ne, nc USA

Nonbreeding range

to n Mexico