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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The White-throated Sparrow is one of the more common birds found in Saskatchewan woodlands during the summer. Visitors to the north may be introduced to its song long before they encounter the bird itself. The White-throated Sparrow nests throughout the boreal and mixedwood forests of North America, barely reaching the Rockies in northeastern British Columbia and southeastern Yukon. It winters mainly from southern Ontario and the Maritimes south to the Mexican border.
During the summer, White-throated Sparrows can be found in coniferous, deciduous, and mixed forests of all ages. Deep-shaded woods are avoided in preference to forest with thick undergrowth and clearings or other edge habitat with sunny openings. Logging operations and the slash piles they create may actually improve habitat for this edge-loving bird. As a migrant it can occur anywhere there is woody cover; most winter records are from bird feeders.
The White-throated Sparrow is a common summer resident of our northern forests. It also occurs in small numbers throughout the parklands. Isolated southern breeding records include Yorkton 1961 and Saskatoon 1969.
Original text by Harold E. Fisher. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the White-throated Sparrow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. White-throated 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=WTSP&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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