Episode 28: White-Crowned Sparrow – Voice of the Wild
White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys).
The handsome winter visitor with a crisp cap and a sweet whistle.
Voice of the Wild is a podcast about wildlife and the wild sounds they make.
The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- White-crowned Sparrow song by Arthur A. Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg (ML509702)
- White-crowned Sparrow call by Wil Hershberger (ML509703)
- White-crowned Sparrow alternate song #1 by Arthur A. Allen and David G. Allen (ML509709)
- White-crowned Sparrow alternate song #2 by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML509704)
- White-crowned Sparrow alternate song #3 by Leonard J. Peyton (ML509705)
Sources and more:
- Cornell’s All About Birds
- Audubon
- Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America
- Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois by Colin Dobson
- Peterson field guide to the birds (Fourth edition)
- Sibley Birds East
