White Throated Sparrow Song

Perhaps of the most beautiful sparrow song of all is that of the white throated sparrow a handsome species that breeds in northern areas where spruce and fi.
White throated sparrow song. The white throated sparrow is a passerine bird of the american sparrow family passerellidae it measures 15 to 19 cm 5 9 to 7 5 in in length with a wingspan of 23 cm 9 1 in. Photograph by glenn bartley minden pictures animals. In the 1960s white throated sparrows across the country whistled a song that ended in a repeated three note triplet. They re also a great entrée into the world of birdsong with their pretty wavering whistle of oh sweet canada.
Some think the song seems to sa. Canadian birdwatchers liken the rhythm to oh my sweet canada. About our project welcome to our citizen science project geared towards measuring song variation in white throated sparrows. Typical weight is 22 to 32 g 0 78 to 1 13 oz with an average of 26 g 0 92 oz.
A modified dialect of male song began in a local population in western canada and in two decades traveled to birds more than 1 800 miles away. How a white throated sparrow s new tune went viral. Traditional white throated sparrow songs begin with three long whistles and end with a series of rapid notes in sets of three. Now we re trying to measure how these patterns.
The sweet song of the white throated sparrow is a highlight on both northern breeding grounds and southern wintering grounds. There s the black eyestripe the white crown and supercilium the yellow lores the white throat bordered by a black whisker or malar stripe. Crisp facial markings make the white throated sparrow an attractive bird as well as a hopping flying anatomy lesson.