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Common Name

Golden Crowned Sparrow

Alternate Names

Common Type

Sparrow

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Passerellidae

Genus

Zonotrichia

Species

atricapilla

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Generally found in brushy areas, (particularly chaparral), usually in dense shrubs.

Distribution and Range

Far western North America from northern Alaska to the northern tip of Baha Mexico.

Food

Forages on the ground by pecking and scratching for plant matter plus the occasional invertebrates. It also occasionally leaps into the air after insects or gleans them from foliage.

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