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White-throated Sparrow Range Map

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Migration

Short to medium-distance migrant. Even though White-throated Sparrows are found in the Northeast year-round, the birds that breed there tend to leave in fall, to be replaced by wintering birds that bred farther north.

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Species in This Family

New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)

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Black-chinned Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Yellow-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

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Spotted Towhee

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