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white-throated sparrows

Zonotrichia albicollis

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Field Notes

Description:

The adult is our only sparrow with a black and white striped crown and white throat

Species ID Suggestions

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

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AshleyT
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Comments (4)
AshleyT
Yes, I left an ID suggestion and a comment yesterday with the correct ID :)
AshleyT
And it isn't your only bird with a black and white striped crown considering white-throated sparrows have them too since that's what this is :)
AshleyT
The presence of a yellow lore makes this a white-throated sparrow as white-crowneds don't have them.

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Backyard birds of Northeastern USA
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PublishedOctober 6, 2014

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