White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Falls, J. B.; Kopachena, J. G.

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

LC Least Concern

Language	Common name
Czech	strnadec bělohrdlý
Danish	Hvidstrubet Spurv
Dutch	Witkeelgors
English, United States	White-throated Sparrow
Finnish	valkokurkkusirkku
French	Bruant à gorge blanche
German	Weißkehlammer
Hungarian	Féhertorkú verébsármány
Icelandic	Hörputittlingur
Japanese	ノドジロシトド
Lithuanian	Baltagurklė zonotrichiją
Norwegian	hvitstrupespurv
Polish	pasówka białogardła
Portuguese, Portugal	Chingolito
Serbian	Belogrli strnad
Slovak	strnádlik bielohrdlý
Spanish	Chingolo gorjiblanco
Spanish, Mexico	Gorrión Garganta Blanca
Spanish, Puerto Rico	Gorrión Gorgiblanco
Spanish, Spain	Chingolo gorjiblanco
Swedish	vitstrupig sparv
Turkish	Ak boğazlı serçe

J. B. Falls and J. G. Kopachena
Version: 2.0 — Published May 21, 2010

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Introduction
Appearance
- Similar Species
- Detailed Description
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
- Linear Measurements
- Mass
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
Distribution, Migration, and Habitat
- Distribution in the Americas
- Distribution Outside the Americas
- Nature of Migration
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Migration
- Habitat in the Overwintering Range
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
- Fossil History
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Range
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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Revision History

References

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Falls, J. B. and J. G. Kopachena (2010). White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.128

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

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