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White-crowned Sparrow -
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Striped brown above
  • Plain grey face, sides of neck and breast
  • Dramatic white and black striped crown
  • Pale brown rump
  • Pinkish bill
  • 7" (18 cm.) 

Habitat

  • Shrubby areas, old fields, woodland edges

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant
  • Flocks with other sparrow species
  • Forages near cover with a hop-scratch
         movement
  • Migratory bird of the KVR

Comparable Species

  • White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow in the garlic mustard patch

White-crowned Sparrow looking over its shoulder 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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