Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Christopher J. Norment, Paul Hendricks, and R. Santonocito
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998
Text last updated January 1, 1998
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sit de coroneta daurada |
| Dutch | Goudkruingors |
| English | Golden-crowned Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Golden-crowned Sparrow |
| French | Bruant à couronne dorée |
| French (France) | Bruant à couronne dorée |
| German | Kronenammer |
| Icelandic | Gulltittlingur |
| Japanese | キガシラシトド |
| Korean | 노랑정수리멧새 |
| Norwegian | gulkronespurv |
| Polish | pasówka złotołbista |
| Russian | Чернобровая овсянка |
| Serbian | Zlatokruni strnad |
| Slovak | strnádlik zlatohlavý |
| Spanish | Chingolo Coronidorado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Corona Amarilla |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo coronidorado |
| Swedish | gulkronad sparv |
| Turkish | Sarı Tepeli Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Бруант чорнобровий |
Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza atricapilla
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.875.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in Sinu Natka, et insulis Sandwich' ; restricted to Sandwich Sound [= Prince William Sound, Alaska] by Stresemann, 1949, Ibis., 91, n. 249.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ZONOTRICHIA
- atricapilla
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Golden-crowned Sparrow.
