If you see a sparrow with a white throat at your bird feeder, you can assume you are most likely looking at a white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). It’s as easy as that.

This little leucistic white-throated sparrow is in Little Neck. Reese Lukei photographed a leucistic, or partial albino, white-throated sparrow in his Little Neck yard.

Continent-wide Shifts in Song Dialects of White-Throated Sparrows, Current Biology, published online on 2 July 2020 ahead of print | doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.084 ...

Ken A. Otter, Alexandra Mckenna, Stefanie E. LaZerte, Scott M. Ramsay. Continent-wide Shifts in Song Dialects of White-Throated Sparrows. Current Biology, 2020; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.084 ...

Bird of the Month Name: White-throated sparrow ( Zonorichia albicollis ). Description : 6 to 7 inches long. They are brown above and gray below with a sharply defined white throat patch and a d… ...

The white-throated sparrow has a dark bill, prominent white throat, and yellow supraloral. Immature simi­lar to immature golden-crowned, but note the latter’s dark gray bill, indistinct head ...

Bird lovers have spoken, and the official champion of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 is Spherical White-throated Sparrow. Online voting in the contest was held from May 2 through May 9.

Listen to the new sparrow doublet More like “Old Sam Peabuh, Peabuh, Peabuh.” Like many birds, male white-throated sparrows use songs to signal where their territory is, and to attract mates.