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Close-up of a white-throated sparrow head, with bright white throat and yellow lore White-throated sparrows prefer to forage on the ground. The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It breeds in northern North America and winters in the southern United States.
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca; American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea (NC) Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis; White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys; Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (NC) Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula (NC) White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (NC) Sagebrush sparrow, Artemisiospiza ...
Golden-crowned sparrow: north-central Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands as far west as Unimak Island) and central Yukon south to the northwestern corner of the US state of Washington, and wintering from southern coastal Alaska to northern Baja California Zonotrichia capensis: Rufous-collared sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla; Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula (NC) White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (O) Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (O) Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis; Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia; Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii (U) Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana (O)
Green-backed sparrow: Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861) 25 Black-striped sparrow: Arremonops conirostris (Bonaparte, 1850) 26 Tocuyo sparrow: Arremonops tocuyensis Todd, 1912: 27 Five-striped sparrow: Amphispizopsis quinquestriata (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) 28 Black-throated sparrow: Amphispiza bilineata (Cassin, 1850) 29 Lark sparrow
The white-crowned sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. [5] It has been sighted in England, Scotland, [5] [6] Ireland, [7] and Norway. [8] In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow was spotted in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England. [9] To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at St Margaret's Church.