White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys [JR Forster, 1772] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
, WHCSP
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EURING No: 18390 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
18 cm
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Wingspan: 24 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 27 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: zone=girdle + trikhos=hair and Gr.: leukos + ophrus=brow |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n&w North America, WINTERS: south to se US & Caribbean |
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Habitat:
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Forest edge, scrub, wet meadows |
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Diet:
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In summer, insects and other arthropods, in winter seeds, insects and some fruit |
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TitBit:
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Because male White-crowned Sparrows learn the songs they grew up with and do not travel far from where they were raised, song dialects form - males on the edge of two dialects may be 'bilingual'. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1977
(Broad, R.A. & Hawley, R.G. 1980. British Birds 73:466-470)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
3
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Shetland
(1977),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1977),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(1995),
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Eastern England:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Hvidkronet spurv | Dutch: Moerasgors |
| Finnish: Viirupääsirkku | French: Bruant des marais |
| German: Sumpfammer | Hungarian: Fehérfeju sármánpinty |
| Icelandic: Kúftittlingur | Irish: |
| Italian: Passero delle paludi | Norwegian: Hvitkronespurv |
| Polish: Pasówka bialobrewa | Portuguese: Escrevedeira-de-coroa-branca |
| Spanish: Chingolo pantanero | Swedish: Träsksprav |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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