(Gambelii) Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow. Credit: Ryan Schain.

 

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Passerellidae

Genus: Zonotrichia

Species: Z. leucophrys

Introduction:

The White-crowned Sparrow is a song bird from family passerellidae. The Olympic peninsula has both migratory and resident species of this bird, a few of them earning classification as subspecies (Z. putegenesis) (Z. gambelii). White-crowned Sparrow’s have white and black striped plumage on their crowns. Juveniles have rusty brown striped crowns.

(Gambelii) White-Crown Sparrow. Credit: Shannon Jones

 

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