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Olive Sparrow
jmorlan

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

This is the only Olive Sparrow we saw on our trip. They are very shy, tending to skulk deep in the thorn scrub. On past visits I tried to track down singing birds to no avail so was very pleased to get this photo of a singing bird. This rather drab, unassuming bird has a patchy distribution northwest to Uvalde County here in the Edwards Plateau region . This species has been divided into three subspecies groups. This is the nominate "rufivirgatus" group ranging from Texas to Eastern Mexico and is the dullest in coloration of the three groups.
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Location
Concan, Texas, USA
Date taken
14 April 2021
Scientific name
Arremonops rufivirgatus
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wonderview
Great catch of this lovely! Sounds like a difficult bird to get such a good capture of. tfs!
 
sbarnhardt
Opus Editor
An excellent image you have chosen to share with us.

Today, 29 April 2021, it became part of the illustration for the Olive Sparrow article in Opus.

Your generosity is appreciated very much!

Thank You!

Barney
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
221
Comment count
4

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
250
Filename
OliveSparrowIMG_4582.jpg
File size
223.1 KB
Date taken
Wed, 14 April 2021 8:38 AM
Dimensions
800px x 797px

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