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White-throated Sparrow  -
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Striped brown above
  • Greyish below, sometimes faint streaking
  • Well-defined white throat
  • White or tan striped crown
  • Yellow patch above the eye
  • 6.5-7" (15-17 cm.)

Habitat

  • Conifer forest, forest edges, residential areas

Additional Information

  • Abundant migrant, occasional winter resident
  • Sings on migration
  • Sweet whistled song "old Sam Peabody,
         Peabody, Peabody"
  • Migratory species of the KVR

Comparable Species

  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow poses for the camera

White-throated sparrow atop a small branch 

 

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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