SINCE 1828
Zonotrichia
noun
Zo·no·trich·ia
| \ ˌzōnəˈtrikēə\
Definition of Zonotrichia
: a genus of rather large New World sparrows (family Fringillidae) occurring chiefly in western North America and having the upperparts largely brown and the underparts unmarked grayish white — see gambel sparrow , golden-crowned sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow
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