Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Golden-Crowned, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, Rain Bird
Common Names in French:
Bruant à Couronne Dorée
Common Names in German:
Kronenammer
Common Names in Japanese:
ã‚ガシラシトド
Common Names in Spanish:
Gorrión Corona Dorada
Common Names in unspecified:
Golden-Crowned Sparrow
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : Crown: black with yellow forecrown Face : gray Bill: Lower Mandible: pale dusky pink Upper Mandible: dusky pink Body: Back: brownish with blackish brown streaks Breast: grayish brown Flanks: grayish brown Sides: grayish brown.
Color:
- Winter adult duller with less obvious head pattern
- Immature plumage (Fall and Winter) similar to adult but has plain head pattern with just a hint of the golden crown (variable)
- Juvenile plumage (Summer) similar to immature but duller with streaked breast
Size/Age/Growth
About 6.25-7 inches long, with a wingspan of 9.75 to 9.75 inches. Adults weigh about 1.1 ounces .
Habitat
Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, riparian thickets, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 2,500 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low
Ecology: List of Habitats : 3.3 Shrubland - Boreal
Biology
Diet
Almost Exclusively: Seeds Flowers. Lesser Quantities of: Insects.
Reproduction
- Breeding Habitat : Successional-scrub
- Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
- Nest Type: Open-cup
- Clutch Size: 3-5
Migration
Nothern birds migrate
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
()
- Tribe:
Emberizini
()
- Genus:
Zonotrichia
()
- Swainson 1832 FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.254
- Specific name:
atricapilla
- (Gmelin) 1789 Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.875
- Scientific name: - Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin) 1789
- Specific name:
atricapilla
- (Gmelin) 1789 Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.875
- Genus:
Zonotrichia
(
- Tribe:
Emberizini
(
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
White-Crowned Sparrow, House Sparrow
Members of the genus Zonotrichia
There are approximately 58 species in this genus:
Z. albicollis (White-Throated Sparrow) · Z. atricapilla (Golden-Crowned Sparrow) · Z. canicapilla · Z. capensis (Rufous-Collared Sparrow) · Z. capensis antillarum · Z. capensis antofagastae · Z. capensis argentina · Z. capensis australis · Z. capensis capensis · Z. capensis chilensis · Z. capensis choraules · Z. capensis costaricensis · Z. capensis huancabambae · Z. capensis hypoleuca · Z. capensis insularis · Z. capensis matutina · Z. capensis orestera · Z. capensis peruviensis · Z. capensis pulacayensis · Z. capensis roraimae · Z. capensis sanborni · Z. capensis septentrionalis · Z. capensis subtorquata · Z. coronata · Z. gambelii · Z. georgiana · Z. georgiana georgiana · Z. hemisphaerica · Z. iliaca · Z. iliaca iliaca · Z. iliaca megarhyncha · Z. intermedia · Z. leucophrys (Western White-Crowned Finch) · Z. leucophrys gambeli · Z. leucophrys gambelii · Z. leucophrys gambelli · Z. leucophrys leucophrys (Western White-Crowned Finch) · Z. leucophrys nuttalii · Z. leucophrys nuttalli · Z. leucophrys oriantha · Z. leucophrys pugetensis · Z. leucophrys ssp · Z. leucophrys x · Z. leucophyrs · Z. lincolnii · Z. melodia · Z. melodia azteca · Z. melodia fisherella · Z. melodia heermani · Z. melodia melodia · Z. melodia morphna · Z. mystacalis · Z. pileata · Z. querula (Harris's Sparrow) · Z. querula querula (Mourning Sparrow) · Z. robusta · Z. strigiceps · Z. strigiceps dabbenei
More Info
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Further Reading
- A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 19.
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Animal Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. ENG url p. 464.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1350, p. 335, p. 560.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 336.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 593.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 601.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, by Olaus J. Murie. Invertebrates and fishes collected in the Aleutians, 1936-38, by Victor B. Scheffer. [Washington, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1959] ENG url p. 248.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 50.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 162.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 222, p. 257.
- Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, The Society. ENG url p. 37.
- Photoperiodism and related phenomena in plants and animals; proceedings, edited by Robert B. Withrow, with the cooperation of Arthur C. Giese [and others]. Washington, 1959. ENG url p. 693, p. 720, p. 737.
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
- The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 286, p. 736.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 298, p. 332.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Birds Specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850250
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179461
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13544898
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179461
- IUCN ID: 53553
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBXA4030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13629
