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White-crowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys · Family Passerellidae
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Family Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,707,858
- Countries and territories with records
- 34
About this species
This species has 6,707,858 occurrence records from 34 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (86.3%) and Canada (13.2%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.52% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Zonotrichia leucophrys combines the genus name Zonotrichia with the species epithet leucophrys. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Zonotrichia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Zonotrichia albicollis, Zonotrichia atricapilla and Zonotrichia capensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 8.3 times the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.