Distribution
Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across northern
Canada and the western United States.
The white-crowned sparrow is a very rare
vagrant to
western Europe.
[2] It has been sighted in England, Scotland,
[2][3] Ireland,
[4] and
Norway.
[5]
In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow was spotted in
Cley next the Sea in
Norfolk.
[6] To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at
St Margaret's Church.