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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The elegant, erect posture and distinctive black and white crown of the adult White-crowned Sparrow make it a favourite of birders as it arrives in spring with other migratory sparrows. Breeds across the north from Alaska to Newfoundland and down the western Rockies to New Mexico and Arizona where it is a permanent resident. Winters along the north Pacific Coast and across much of the US and into central Mexico.
Breeding habitat in the northern boreal includes bogs and old burns while in the Cypress Hills shrubby forest edges are used (Smith 1996). During migration these birds tend to forage on the ground near protective cover of shrubs and trees but will come to feeders in urban yards.
Common in the subarctic region and adjacent fringes of the northern boreal regions south to Little Gull Lake, Stony Rapids, and Wollaston and Reindeer Lakes. Uncommon in the Cypress Hills (Smith 1996). Except for rare summer and winter records, Z. l. gambelii is a common transient through the rest of the province.
Original text by Bert and Joan Dalziel. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the White-crowned Sparrow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. White-crowned Sparrow in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=WCSP&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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