Zonotrichia | |
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White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Zonotrichia Swainson, 1832 |
Type species | |
Zonotrichia albicollis Latham, 1790
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Species | |
Z. leucophrys |
Zonotrichia is a genus of five extant American sparrows of the family Passerellidae.[1] Four of the species are North American, but the rufous-collared sparrow breeds in highlands from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on Hispaniola.