Subspecies:undetermined recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
18 cm
Wingspan:
24 cm
Weight:
M/F: 27 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: zone=girdle + trikhos=hair
and Gr.: leukos + ophrus=brow
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n&w North America, WINTERS: south to se US & Caribbean
Habitat:
Forest edge, scrub, wet meadows
Diet:
In summer, insects and other arthropods, in winter seeds, insects and some fruit
TitBit:
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'
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Fair Isle, 1977
(Broad, R.A. & Hawley, R.G. 1980. British Birds 73:466-470)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
3
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Shetland
(1977),
North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1977),
North-west England:
Lancashire
(1995),
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
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
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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