Mountain timberline shrub zone of willows and birch.
Yukon: Although considered rare in southern Yukon, it is locally common in the southwestern mountains.
North America: Northern ‘timberline’ form breeds in northern Rockies, southwestern Yukon, and east-central Alaska. Southern form breeds in sagebrush steppe of western North America. Both forms winter from southwestern USA through Baja California and central Mexico.
A drab sparrow with a spectacularly distinctive song of loud, musical trills and buzzes. Has a brown crown with fine black streaks, distinct whitish eye ring, grey-white eyebrow, and pale brown ear patch with dark borders.
Animal | Bird |
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Bird | American Sparrows (Emberizidae) |
Color | brown, grey |