White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Immature
- Gray face and nape
- Head striped gray and reddish
- Clean gray throat and breast
- Streaked brown back and wings, thin white wing bars
- © Tripp Davenport, TX, Uvalde Co, February 2009
White-crowned Sparrow
Adult
- Bold black and white head stripes
- Clean gray throat and breast
- Gray face and nape
- Pink or orangish bill
- © Jeff Larsen, WA, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, February 2009
White-crowned Sparrow
Adult Pacific form
- Bold black and white head stripes
- Brown sides and flanks
- Clean gray throat
- Yellowish bill
- © lee.karney2, CA, San Francisco, February 2009
White-crowned Sparrow
Adult
- Bold black and white head stripes
- Clean gray throat and breast
- Pale brown sides, gray belly
- Brown and gray streaked back
- © Linda Williams, MO, Liberty, February 2008
White-crowned Sparrow
Immature
- Gray face and nape
- Head striped gray and reddish
- Clean gray throat and breast
- Pink or orangish bill
- © Linda Williams, MO, Liberty, February 2008
White-crowned Sparrow
Adult
- Bold black and white head stripes
- Clean gray throat and breast
- © Gregg Lee, TX, Glen Rose, February 2008
White-crowned Sparrow
Adult
- Brown back streaked with gray
- Pale brown rump and flanks
- Gray face and nape
- © Sharon Hall, NM, Socorro, February 2008
Similar Species
Adult tan-striped
- Similar to juvenile White-crowned Sparrow
- Yellowish lores
- White throat
- Grayish bill
- Mottled gray chest and brownish sides
- © Kevin Bolton, North Arlington, NJ, February 2009
Adult
- Similar to adult White-crowned Sparrow
- Mottled gray chest and brownish sides
- Bright white throat
- Black and white striped head with yellow lores
- Grayish bill
- © Byard Miller, Pittsburg, NH, June 2008
Juvenile
- Similar to juvenile White-crowned Sparrow
- Yellowish crown
- Very faint eyestripe
- © katnor1, San Francisco, CA, February 2009
Adult female
- Similar to immature White-crowned Sparrow
- No white wingbars
- Brownish breast and flanks
- Crown stripes less defined
- Bill often yellowish
- © Kevin Bolton, Franklin Lake, NJ, November 2008
Adult
- Similar to adult White-crowned Sparrow
- Distinctive face pattern with rufous cheek and crown stripes
- Black spot on pale chest
- © Donald Metzner