Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
About the Golden-crowned Sparrow
The golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) is a large New World sparrow found in the western part of North America. The golden-crowned sparrow is one of five species in the genus Zonotrichia, a group of large American sparrows. It has no subspecies. It is a sister species with, and very closely related to, the white-crowned sparrow; studies of mitochondrial DNA show the two evolved into separate species very recently in geologic time. The white-throated sparrow is a slightly more distant relative. Hybridization with both white-crowned and white-throated sparrows has been reported.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 188 recordings for this species: 43 CC BY-NC-SA · 39 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Canada, Russia, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querularecording
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensisrecording
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysrecording
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.