Russell,
I'm forwarding this on to Tweeters.
Thanks for the sources and cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu U of WA & Burien-Seahurst Park, WA

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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Russell Rogers wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> There is at least one published paper on hybrid Golden-crowned and
> White-crowned Sparrows, and there are several references in Audubon Field
> Notes (AFN) and American Birds (AB) as well.
>
> Miller, Alden H. 1940. A hybrid between Zonotrichia coronata and Zonotrichia
> leucophrys. Condor 42: 45-48.
>
> White-crowned X Golden-crowned Sparrow in AFN and AB- 23: 619, 33: 802, 38:
> 952, 42: 1335.
>
> Russell
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> Maureen Ellis wrote:
>
> > Howdy Eugene,
> > I wondered about a White-crowned/Golden Crowned hybrid, but the songs seem
> > so different (see Eugene's post below.) I didn't check the literature
> > for documentation of hybrids, but the two (or three species if you include
> > the White-throated) are closely-related enough? and sort of travel in the
> > same circles. My most direct banding experience have been a few assistant
> > sessions with Caleb Gorden's projects in SE AZ banding Grasshopper,
> > Baird's, Savannah, and Vesper Sparrows, a Meadowlark sp or two, and, once
> > a covey of Scaled Quail. Thanks for the great information.
> > Cheers,
> > Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu U of WA & Burien-Seahurst Park, WA
> >
>
>