White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Subspecies (5)
Glen Chilton, M. C. Baker, C. D. Barrentine, and M. A. Cunningham
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1995
Text last updated January 1, 1995
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Беловежда овесарка |
| Catalan | sit de coroneta blanca |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白冠带鹀 |
| Croatian | bjelokruni strnadar |
| Czech | strnadec bělopásý |
| Danish | Hvidkronet Spurv |
| Dutch | Witkruingors |
| English | White-crowned Sparrow |
| English (United States) | White-crowned Sparrow |
| Estonian | valgekiird-sidrik |
| Faroese | Krúnuhvítur spurvur |
| Finnish | juovapääsirkku |
| French | Bruant à couronne blanche |
| French (Canada) | Bruant à couronne blanche |
| German | Dachsammer |
| Greek | Λευκόγραμμο Σπουργιτοτσίχλονο |
| Hebrew | גיבתונית לבנת-כיפה |
| Hungarian | Koronás verébsármány |
| Icelandic | Kúftittlingur |
| Japanese | ミヤマシトド |
| Korean | 흰정수리멧새 |
| Latvian | Baltgalvas zvirbulis |
| Lithuanian | Baltabruvė zonotrichiją |
| Norwegian | hvitkronespurv |
| Polish | pasówka białobrewa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tico-tico-coroado |
| Romanian | Presură striată cu coroană |
| Russian | Белобровая овсянка |
| Serbian | Belokruni strnad |
| Slovak | strnádlik jazvečí |
| Slovenian | Vrabonad |
| Spanish | Chingolo Coroniblanco |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Chingolo Coroniblanco |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gorrión de coronilla blanca |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gorrión Corona Blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Corona Blanca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gorrión Coroniblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo coroniblanco |
| Swedish | vitkronad sparv |
| Turkish | Porsuk Serçesi |
| Ukrainian | Бруант білобровий |
Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, 1772)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza leucophrys
Forster, 1772. Philosophical Transactions 62, p.340.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Severn River, west shore of Hudson Bay.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ZONOTRICHIA
- leucophrys
- Leucophrys
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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)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Distribution of White-crowned Sparrow in North America
Small numbers winter north of the mapped winter range, and locally along the Atlantic coast from central New Jersey to central Florida.
