Species: Zonotrichia atricapilla
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Zonotrichia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Gorrión Corona Dorada - bruant à couronne dorée
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Emberizidae - Zonotrichia - Mitochondrial DNA data indicate that relative to most congeneric avian comparisons, the five species of ZONOTRICHIA are closely related; ATRICAPILLA is most closely related to the white-crowned sparrow, A. LEUCOPHRYS (Zink et al. 1991).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (sparrow).
Migration
false - false - true - Begins northward migration in April, arrives in nesting areas in May (Terres 1980).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats flowers, buds, seeds, fruit, and some insects. Usually forages on the ground. Winter food is predominantly vegetable matter (Oberholser 1974).
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size usually 3-5.
Length
18
Weight
29
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-04
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-04
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: western and northern-central Alaska south through western Canada to extreme northern Washington. NON-BREEDING: primarily from southern Alaska and southern British Columbia south (mainly west of Cascades and Sierra Nevada) to northern Baja California, southern California, and southern Arizona (AOU 1983).