white-throated sparrow

white-throat·ed sparrow

(wīt′thrō′tĭd, hwīt′-)n. A large North American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a white patch on the throat, black and white stripes on the crown, and a distinctive song.

white′-throat`ed spar′row

n. a common North American sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a striped crown. Also called whitethroat. [1805–15, Amer.]

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white-throated sparrow - common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crownZonotrichia albicollis, whitethroatNew World sparrow - sparrow-like North American finchesgenus Zonotrichia, Zonotrichia - large New World sparrows