white-throated sparrow
noun
white-throat·ed sparrow
ˈ(h)wīt-ˌthrō-təd- 
: a common brown sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) chiefly of eastern North America with a black-and-white striped crown and a white patch on the throat
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Then a white-throated sparrow falls to the ground in front of him.
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Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2020
The researchers tracked the song’s spread over 20 years with the help of citizen scientists who submitted more than 1,700 recordings of white-throated sparrow songs.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2020
Quad goals Perhaps one of the most unusual reproductive systems, however, is that of the white-throated sparrow.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
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Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2020
The researchers tracked the song’s spread over 20 years with the help of citizen scientists who submitted more than 1,700 recordings of white-throated sparrow songs.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2020
Quad goals Perhaps one of the most unusual reproductive systems, however, is that of the white-throated sparrow.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
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