Black-striped Sparrow - BirdForum Opus

Arremonops conirostris

Photo by Bjorn Svensson
Photo taken: Costa Rica, February 2005

Identification

16.5 cm

• Grey head
• Broad black stripes each side of crown
• Narrower black eye- stripes
• Olive upperparts
• Yellow on the bend of the wing
• Dull white underparts becoming greyish on the breast sides
• Olive lower belly

Photo by firecrest15
Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica, May 2009

Young birds

• Yellowish head with brown stripes
• Brownish-olive upperparts
• Yellow-olive underparts

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 6 subspecies:

• A. c. richmondi:

• Tropical eastern Honduras to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama

• A. c. striaticeps:

• Central and eastern Panama to Pacific slope of Colombia and western Ecuador

• A. c. inexpectatus:

• Colombia (arid upper Magdalena Valley)

• A. c. conirostris:

• Caribbean coast of Colombia to northern Venezuela and extreme northern Brazil

• A. c. umbrinus:

• Eastern Colombia (Norte de Santander) to western Venezuela

• A. c. pastazae:

• Southeastern Ecuador (Pastaza River drainage)

An additional subspecies viridicatus is not accepted by most authorities^[2].

Habitat

Mountain rainforest, secondary forests and forest edges, thickets, fields, plantations and gardens. At heights around 1500 m.

Behaviour

Breeding

The female builds a large domed nest from coarse vegetation; it has a wide side entrance. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs which are incubated by the female for 12-14 days.

Diet

The diet includes insects, spiders, seeds and berries. They will visit ground feeders.

Voice

The song is an accelerating series of short notes starting very slowly but reaching a crescendo; the pitch is even or may increase slightly at the end.

Recording by NJLarsen in Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica. Bird is subspecies richmondi

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-striped Sparrow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-striped_Sparrow

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