Species: Zonotrichia atricapilla

Golden-crowned Sparrow
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Emberizidae

    Genus

    Zonotrichia

    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).
    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
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-04
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-04
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    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).
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