The white-throated sparrow is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It breeds in northern North America and winters in the southern United States.
Zonotrichia albicollis CT1
Head turned toward viewer, showing eponymous white throat; in Virginia.
Head in profile, showing in high detail the eye, white throat, and yellow lore.
White-throated sparrow with leucism in New York.
Zonotrichia is a genus of five extant American sparrows of the family Passerellidae. Four of the species are North American, but the rufous-collared sparrow breeds in highlands from the extreme southe
White-throated sparrow
…genus Fringilla and coined the binomial name Fringilla albicollis. The white-throated sparrow is now one of five American sparrows placed in the genus Zonotrichia that was introduced by William Swainson in 1832. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ζωνη (zōnē) meaning "band" and θριξ (thrix), τριχος (trikhos…
Zonotrichia atricapilla by Brendan Lally