White-throated Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Saguaro National Park
145 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026
34,667 Verified sightings across all 34 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the White-throated Sparrow

The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It breeds in northern North America and winters in the southern United States. In 1760 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the white-throated sparrow in the second volume of his Gleanings of Natural History. He used the current English name. Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a "neat drawing in colours" supplied by the American naturalist William Bartram from Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. When the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin revised and expanded Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae in 1789 he included the white-throated sparrow. He placed it with the finches in the genus Fringilla and coined the binomial name Fringilla albicollis. The white-throated sparrow is now one of five American sparrows placed in the genus Zonotrichia that was introduced by William Swainson in 1832. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ζωνη (zōnē) meaning "band" and θριξ (thrix), τριχος (trikhos) meaning "hair". The specific epithet albicollis combines Latin albus meaning "white" with Modern Latin -collis meaning... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

White-crowned Sparrow
LC

White-crowned Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Harris's Sparrow
NT

Harris's Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zonotrichia querula

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Golden-crowned Sparrow
LC

Golden-crowned Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zonotrichia atricapilla

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Abert's Towhee
LC

Abert's Towhee

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melozone aberti

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Song Sparrow
LC Endemic

Song Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melospiza melodia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Black-throated Sparrow
LC Endemic

Black-throated Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amphispiza bilineata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Rufous-winged Sparrow
LC

Rufous-winged Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Peucaea carpalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Lark Sparrow
LC

Lark Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chondestes grammacus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Lincoln's Sparrow
LC

Lincoln's Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melospiza lincolnii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Chipping Sparrow
LC

Chipping Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spizella passerina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Canyon Towhee
LC

Canyon Towhee

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melozone fusca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Brewer's Sparrow
LC

Brewer's Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spizella breweri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~90%
2 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
3 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~60%
4 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
5 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~60%
6 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~50%
7 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~50%
8 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~50%
9 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
10 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
11 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
12 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
13 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
14 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
15 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
16 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
17 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
18 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
19 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
20 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
21 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
22 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
23 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
24 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
25 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
26 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
27 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
28 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
29 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
30 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
31 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
32 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
33 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
34 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-throated Sparrow in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Sparrow sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 145 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-throated Sparrow in Saguaro National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for White-throated Sparrow in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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