White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
6½″ to 7½″ in length 9″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Breeding: Semi-open coniferous and mixed forests, shrubby forest edges Migration: Woodlots, wooded parks, riparian brush |
Ecology |
Migration |
Mid-April to late May and late August to early November |
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Occurrence |
Common to abundant migrant, common breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Passeriformes (perching birds) |
Family |
Passerellidae (New World sparrows) |
Genus |
Zonotrichia (crowned sparrows) |
New World sparrows were traditionally combined with buntings into the family Emberizidae. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Barker et al. 2013) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis (Klicka et al. 2014) found that the Old World buntings should be separated as a sister to New World sparrows. New World sparrows have been separated into a new family, Passerellidae. |
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White-throated Sparrow: Whistler of the North |
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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2010 Perhaps of the most beautiful sparrow song of all is that of the White-throated Sparrow, a handsome species that breeds in northern areas where spruce and fir trees abound. The song of the male is simple yet elegant. It is composed of clear, pure whistles. There is usually a noticeable pitch change at the beginning of each song (after the first or second note) and most songs end with two or three triplets—whistles that are composed of three obvious pulses. Individual males sing only one stereotyped song pattern, and neighboring males may sing noticeably different songs. The cadence of one common song pattern is revealed by two popular memory phrases: My Sweet, Canada, Canada, Canada and Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody. The video footage was gathered in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The setting was an open parkland dotted with patches of Balsam Fir and Black Spruce. © 2010 Lang Elliott & Bob McGuire |
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Uploaded on May 15, 2011 White-throated Sparrow singing from a spruce in Maine. |
White -Throated Sparrow Calls and Sounds - Watch in HD |
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Published on Oct 19, 2013 Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/LesleytheBirdNerd?ref=hl The call of the White throated sparrow -- Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada, or old-sam, peabody, Peabody, Peabody-- brings with it such an amicable whistle, that it is no wonder it goes so harmoniously with the peaceful expanse of Canada's boreal woodlands. You could even say, and many do, that the White-Throated sparrow's call has become an anthem for the untouched regions of the boreal wilderness. I couldn't imagine a summer morning/evening's stroll through the forest without hearing the memorable White-throated sparrows song. |
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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2011 Another video of a white-throated sparrow singing in the Miane forest. License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135212 |
White-throated Sparrow (Emberizidae: Zonotrichia albicollis) Feeding |
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Uploaded on Oct 13, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (12 October 2009) |
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| Susan 4/29/2017 |
Location: st Louis Park MN Have not actually seen but have heard it (familiar w the call, fromvisits to Canada). |
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