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David Norgate
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Lovely White-crowned Sparrow
thirtyguitars
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I'm gonna say White-throated sparrow based on this link
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/id
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/id
nartreb
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White-throated sparrow. White-crowned lacks yellow lores and bold white throat. Closest confusion species would be Savannah sparrow, with similar lores and also a white throat, but white-throated has richer brown back and tail, greyer chest*, and bolder black and white cap*.
*edited to add: there's also a "tan-striped" variation of white-throated, with cap stripes of brown-on-dingy rather than black-on-white, and a less grey, streakier chest.
*edited to add: there's also a "tan-striped" variation of white-throated, with cap stripes of brown-on-dingy rather than black-on-white, and a less grey, streakier chest.
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David Norgate
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Embarrassed, of course it's White-throated!
Tmblweed1
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The two are shown one on top of the other in our Geographic guide, looked straight at the white throated and still wrote white crowned.
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