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Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Common names: mountain white-crowned sparrow, Mountain White-crowned Sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows, White-Crowned Sparrow, mountain white-crowned sparrows

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Passerellidae

Roles: study subject, referenced, referenced species, control stimulus provider, control stimulus, prey

ITIS TSN: 179458

Synonyms: white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Mountain White-crowned sparrow, MWCS, Z. l. oriantha, oriantha, Mountain White-crown Sparrows, Mountain White-crowned Sparrows, sparrows, Mountain White-crowned Sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, mountain white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys ssp. oriantha, WCSP, sparrow, White-Crowned Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 69 | Mentions: 74

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Publications (69)

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Nonlinear phenomena in marmot alarm calls: a mechanism encoding fear?

2025Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society BRole: study subject

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

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Publications (69)

Nonlinear phenomena in marmot alarm calls: a mechanism encoding fear?

The effect of human pressure on the flight initiation of montane breeding birds throughout the summer breeding season

The sound of fear is heritable

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Is the propensity to emit alarm calls associated with health status?

Documents (2)

Moist Forests

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Zonotrichia albicollis

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Songbirds

Marmota

Callospermophilus lateralis

Spermophilus

Marmota flaviventris

Veratrum

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Veratrum californicum var. californicum

Are Marmot Alarm Class Condition Dependent?

Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of <i>Z. l. oriantha</i> in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

Gene expression shifts in yellow-bellied marmots prior to natal dispersal

Parasites Are Associated With Noisy Alarm Calls

Social security: less socially connected marmots produce noisier alarm calls

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha</i>) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) and long-tailed weasel (<i>Mustela frenata</i>)

Trap behavior of <i> Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha </i> at different elevations in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado

Can Variation of Insect Populations Affect Mountain White-crowned Sparrow Daily Nest Survival?

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

White-Crowned Sparrow respond to the alarm calls of local species but do not discriminate among them

Effects of Life History Traits in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow During Incubation

Factors that affect territory size in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

Effects of Elevation on Trap Behavior in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in <i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i> Feeding Frequency

The Effects of Nest-Site Selection and Microclimate on Nest Survival in Sparrows of High Elevation

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

Effects of Weather on Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow Reproductive Success

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

Behavioral response of mountain white-crowned sparrows towards an interspecific competitor.

Effects of Haemoparsite Infection and Food Supplementation on a High Elevation Passerine Bird

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

What is the sound of fear? Behavioral responses of white-crownded sparrows Zonotrichia leucophrys to synthesized nonlinear acoustic phenomena

A test of the nonlinearity hypothesis: Is noise any different than deterministic chaos?

Are white-crowned sparrow badges reliable signals?

Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor

Distance to a road is associated with reproductive success and physiological stress response in a migratory landbird

Patterns of ectoparasite prevalence in the mountain white-crowned sparrow, <i></i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha<i></i>

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

The behavioral influence of nonlinear sound in Lincoln's Sparrow

Behavioral responses of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) to synthesized nonlinear phenomena

Breeding bird density does not drive vocal individuality

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (<i>Salix</i> spp.)

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

Can breeding bird density influence vocal individuality in bird song?

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

Does breeding bird density drive vocal individuality?

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

Functional importance of plumage badges as intraspecific signals in White-crowned sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>).

Immune system activation affects song and territorial defense

Vigilance in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>): effect of age and distance to human-created structures

Influence of patch area on bird species diversity in coniferous forests

Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

Tradeoffs between mounting an immune response and territorial singing behavior in mountain white-crowned sparrows

Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations?

An empirical study of acoustic source localization

The effect of hemosporidian infections on white-crowned sparrow singing behavior

Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds

Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on avian distribution, reproduction, and physiology.

Intraspecific signaling function of Crown Coloration in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals