Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Golden-crowned Sparrow
The Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 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 Alaska and western Canada; winters to Sonora and Baja CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Emberiza atricapilla
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- 'in Sinu Natka, et insulis Sandwich' ; restricted to Sandwich Sound [= Prince William Sound, Alaska] by Stresemann, 1949, Ibis., 91, n. 249.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.875
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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