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DSC_4188

Mountain white-crowned sparrow (Z. l. oriantha). This species breeds only in the high mountain ranges of the west and winters in the southwest. It can be distinguished by the short white eyeline that starts at the eye rather than the bill.

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Identification: Zonotrichia leucophrys (white-crowned sparrow)
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Date Taken: January 1, 2007
Contributors: Steve Hinshaw
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Subjects: #Exemplar; Anatomy coloration/patterning cryptic; Life Stages and Gender adult/sexually mature; Subject Live Animal; Type Photo

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