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.