white-throated sparrow

American  

[hwahyt-throh-tid, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌθroʊ tɪd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

1. a common North American finch, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a black and white striped crown.

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Etymology

Origin of white-throated sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

"After chasing dozens of them, the real winners were from birds," Collins said, including the zebra finch and the white-throated sparrow.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

I don’t mean to downsize the women or their role in all this, but—Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Hambling—they didn’t know a Focke-Wulf 200 from a white-throated sparrow.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

Balakrishnan intends to use the white-throated sparrow to further tease apart the genetic and environmental factors that drove its evolution in the first place.

From Nature • Nov. 22, 2016

It is also fancied by some birds, including the wild turkey, American robin, Northern bobwhite, Eastern bluebird, mockingbird, white-throated sparrow, Carolina wren and European starling.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2016

Only the sweet call of a solitary white-throated sparrow pierced the cool of the woods beyond.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich