White-crowned Sparrow

SCI Name:  Zonotrichia leucophrys
Protonym:  Emberiza leucophrys Philos.Trans. 62 p.340
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Zonotrichia
Taxonomy Code:  whcspa
Type Locality:  Severn River, west shore of Hudson Bay.
Author:  Forster, JR
Publish Year:  1772
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ZONOTRICHIA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ White-throated Sparrow Z. albicollis) Gr. ζωνη zōnē  band; θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; "superciliis aurantiis  ...  Rostrum fasciaque ocularis atra" (J. Gmelin 1789); "Sub-genus, ZONOTRICHIA.   Bill as in Fringilla.  Wings rather short; the first quill shorter than the four next, which are nearly equal.  Tail rather lengthened, slightly divaricated; the lateral feathers shortened.  Lateral toes unequal.  Types.— Z. leucophrys, Pennsylvanica, melodia, &c." (Swainson 1832); "Zonotrichia Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 2 (1831), p. 493. Type, by subsequent designation (Bonaparte, 1832, Giorn. Arcad. Sci. Lett. Arti [Rome], 52 (1831), p. 206), Fringilla pensylvanica Latham = Fringilla albicollis Gmelin." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 41).
Var. Zonitrichia, Zonotrachia.
Synon. Brachyspiza, Hortulanus.

leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).

Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw.  Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round  ...  L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).

SUBSPECIES

White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys)
SCI Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).

White-crowned Sparrow (oriantha)
SCI Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
oriantha
Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain; ανθος anthos  flower, blossom.

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
SCI Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
gambeli / gambelii / gambelli / gambellii
William Gambel, Jr. (1821-1849) US explorer, naturalist, collector in North America (subsp. Anser albifrons, Callipepla, syn. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides, Poecile, subsp. Zonotrichia leucophrys, syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli).

White-crowned Sparrow (nuttalli)
SCI Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli
nuttalii / nuttalli / nuttallii
Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) English botanist, ornithologist in the USA 1808-1812, 1815-1841, 1847-1848 (Dryobates, syn. Gelochelidon nilotica aranea, Phalaenoptilus, subsp. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)
SCI Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis
pugetensis
Puget Sound, Washington, USA.