# White-crowned Sparrow

[![male white crowned warbler in tree.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/male-white-crowned-warbler-in-tree.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/male-white-crowned-warbler-in-tree.jpg)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ecf0f1;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">*A male White-crowned Sparrow in a tree* | 12/05/2015</td></tr></tbody></table>

### **Description**

The male White-crowned sparrow has a black-and-white streaked head and a drab brown body while the females crown is chestnut and white.

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### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Personal stats**</span>  


#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**First observation**</span>

<table border="1" class="align-center" id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%93%86-12%2F01%2F2013-%F0%9F%93%8D-los-a" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 50%; border-width: 1px; height: 58px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 21.234568%;"></col><col style="width: 78.518519%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px; height: 29px;">📆</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px; height: 29px;">10/20/2013</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; height: 29px; vertical-align: middle;">📍</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px; height: 29px;">Los Angeles, California</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### **Captured media details**

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</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Male**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Female**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Unknown**  
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</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">🎙️</td><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">  
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</td><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">✔️</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### **Experiences &amp; anecdotes**

**05/11/2023** - I've always enjoyed seeing this bird. I don't always see them when I bird, but they are unmistakable. I saw this bird early on in my birding adventures in California and I see them often in Texas as well.

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### **Captured media**

#### **Photographs**

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**[![female white crowned sparrow on ground.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/female-white-crowned-sparrow-on-ground.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/female-white-crowned-sparrow-on-ground.jpg)**</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel--1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">A female house sparrow showing its brown and white crown</span>*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">| 10/16/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">[![male white-crowned sparrow on bush.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/male-white-crowned-sparrow-on-bush.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/male-white-crowned-sparrow-on-bush.jpg)</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-a-poofed-up-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 29px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*A male White-crowned Sparrow with some plant material sitting on a bush* | 10/16/2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Audio recordings**

- [**ML502245451**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/502245451) - 0:03 
    - This is a faint recording of the White-crowned Sparrow in Colorado.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/502245451/embed" width="320"></iframe>

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### **From my blogs**

- [Participating in the Christmas Bird Count](https://becausebirds.com/participating-christmas-bird-count/)
- [A visit to Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado](https://becausebirds.com/a-visit-to-rocky-mountain-arsenal-national-wildlife-refuge/)
- [Birding at twilight](https://becausebirds.com/birding-at-twilight/)