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Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Interesting and Fun Facts: The early prospectors looking for Klondike gold called the Golden-crowned "Weary Willie" because it repeatedly sang "I'm so tired!" The other name they had for the bird and its song was "No Gold Here."
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Zonotrichia |
Audio for Species
Call
Song
Song
from Macaulay Library |
Species Related Links
Additional Golden-crowned Sparrow Pictures
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Description
Length: 5.9-7.1 in (15-18 cm) Weight: 1.1-1.2 oz (30-33 g)
It is a large sparrow, with a yellow crown that is bordered by black. The face and chest is gray; the back is brown with black stripes. It has white wingbars and a long tail. The juvenile is duller with crown and chest finely streaked; the yellow crown appears soon after birth.
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Habitat, Range, and Feeding
Winters along the Pacific coast, and breeds in northwestern Canada and Alaska. Abundant in low and medium height shrub thickets, chapparral, and gardens.
The clutch size is 3 to 5 eggs, that are from pale blue to greenish blue, speckled with a reddish brown. There is evidence that they will occasionally produce a second brood.
They forage mostly on the ground for a variety of seeds, fruit, flowers, and insects.
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