White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) White-throated Sparrow
The White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds northern North America; winters to southern USA and northern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zonotrichia albicollis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-throated Sparrow
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla albicollis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Pennsylvania ; based on Edwards, 1760, Glean. Nat. Hist., 2, p. 198, pi. 304, 'The white-throated Sparrow.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.921
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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