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[[Image:White-throated_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by KCFoggin<br />Photo of white-striped form, taken: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA.]] | [[Image:White-throated_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by KCFoggin<br />Photo of white-striped form, taken: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WTSparrow1a.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Tan striped form Photo by KC Foggin<br>Photographed: Myrtle Beach, SC ]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The most frequently seen Nearctic sparrow in the Western Palearctic recorded in Iceland and the British Isles, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Spain and Gibraltar. The first for Norway was recorded in July 2002. British records (c.24) most often on Shetland and usually in May-June but also recorded on the English east coast and the Isle of Man. | The most frequently seen Nearctic sparrow in the Western Palearctic recorded in Iceland and the British Isles, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Spain and Gibraltar. The first for Norway was recorded in July 2002. British records (c.24) most often on Shetland and usually in May-June but also recorded on the English east coast and the Isle of Man. | ||
Revision as of 01:55, 23 October 2007
- Zonotrichia albicollis
Photographed: Myrtle Beach, SC
Description
The most frequently seen Nearctic sparrow in the Western Palearctic recorded in Iceland and the British Isles, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Spain and Gibraltar. The first for Norway was recorded in July 2002. British records (c.24) most often on Shetland and usually in May-June but also recorded on the English east coast and the Isle of Man.
Identification
Distribution & Taxonomy
Breeds from north-west Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland and south to Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Winters in the eastern USA from the Great Lakes south to Gulf Coast and Florida, and also on the west coast. There are both tan-striped and white-stripedforms.
Habitat
Coniferous forest with dense undergrowth and brushy edges and clearings. On passage and in winter on farmland with hedgerows and thickets, woodland edges, parks and suburban gardens.
