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White-crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

Black and white stripes on their head and their back is brown with dark streaks.

Habitat:

Spotted in an open pine forest foraging on the ground. Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across northern Canada and the western United States.

Reference Links:

White-crowned sparrow - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
My suggestion Brian38: Delete No1. Keep the rest in that order!
Brian38
Thanks for commenting DrNamgyaIT pic 1 is a crop of pic2. I'm going to add two more pics - there were several of these sparrows foraging on ground in the same area.

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