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A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of sparrow?

Posted: Dec 26 7:33 pm
by mcrosbie
Juvenile white-crowned or golden-crowned sparrow?

ImageSparrow_2119 by mcrosbie, on Flickr

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 27 5:16 pm
by jewill
I’m going with White-crowned but because the top of the head is not visible it’s hard to tell. Your bird does have 2 white wing bars and White-crowns are more common than Golden-crowns in winter.
I’m no expert though but thought I’d try a guess.

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 27 5:59 pm
by Owlet
It looks like a Golden-Crown to me from the little tint of gold on the forehead and the patterns on the back. I've seen a whole ton of em this winter and they seem to mostly be juvies. GCSP also seem to have a more robust build with a gray area surrounding the face.

Cheers :D

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 27 6:29 pm
by mcrosbie
Thank you both. Actually, I have had a few golden-crowned sparrows visiting my feeders over the past couple of weeks. As you say, it's difficult to know for certain. I will just call is a sparrow.

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 27 7:05 pm
by jasonbird960
I think Golden Crowned Sparrow as well!

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 28 11:46 pm
by mcrosbie
Thanks, Jason.

Re: A juvenile white-crowned sparrow or another type of spar

Posted: Dec 29 3:20 pm
by BirderBert
Don't forget that White-crowned Sparrows have all Yellow bills vs the Grey/Black upper manbdible on the Golden-crowned as seen in the pic!