rufous-collared sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis-Bruant chingolo-Rufous-collared Sparrow Irazu Volcano National Park-Cartago-Costa Rica

very common except in the humid lowlands ( even above 3500 mtrs), I think they are very striking. This one was singing in the hotel garden. The ssp 'costaricensis' make much more sense than 'capensis' for a bird not found in Africa....

From Guango we did make some excursions, to Papallacta, where the whether was so horrible that I don't have any photos, and to Antisana. Now in large parts of South America Rufous-collared Sparrows are the little birds that are so common that nobody pays them any attention, but I still like...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis subsp. carabayae) San Pedro de Pari north of Ondores, Junn, Per. West side of Reserva Nacional Junn, Lago Junn also called Lago Chinchaycocha). Over grazed puna grassland along the margin of the lake at ca. 4,090 m (13,615 ft) elevation.

Ssp chilensis

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis subsp. huancabambae) Striping a seed head of Broad Leaf Carpet Grass (Axonopus compressus: Poaceae). Waganqui Lodge, Moyobamba, San Martn, Per. Secondary rain forest at ca. 860 m (2,820 ft) elevation.

Ssp chilensis

Male vocalizing. Ssp chilensis.

Guests just left. It's going on 1am Monday. I have to get to hospital early tomorrow for some blood tests. Supposed to be on an empty stomach, but goodness knows when my stomach will count as empty after today's food orgy ;) Anyhoo ... three quick posts, finish packing away the leftovers, then...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis subsp. costaricensis) Sexes similar. As common as these birds are, especially in the highlands, I still love watching them. Photographed in the gardens at La Paz Waterfall Garden, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope of Pos...

OMG! Back from birding 3 parks in Buenos Aires today. We saw about 40 species, only 6 of which I had seen before. 8 gigabytes of photos - even after I've deleted the duds and the jpeg copies. I've only barely started to edit them. The camera and I were at times struggling with the light (bright...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) Thirty subspecies have been described with 25-28 subspecies being recognized. Two subspecies are mapped for Panama. Subspecies orestera is mapped for Central Panama southwest to Cerro Campana in Panama Province, Panama. Subspecies...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) Thirty subspecies have been described with 25-28 subspecies being recognized. Two subspecies are mapped for Panama. Subspecies orestera is mapped for Central Panama southwest to Cerro Campana in Panama Province, Panama. Subspecies...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) Thirty subspecies have been described, two have been synonymized leaving 28 recognized subspecies. Subspecies costaricensis is the only subspecies mapped for Costa Rica. Photographed at Dantica Cloud Forest Lodge sitting on the...

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) Thirty subspecies have been described, two have been synonymized leaving 28 recognized subspecies. Subspecies costaricensis is the only subspecies mapped for Costa Rica. However, it is not endemic, this subspeices ranges through...

Rufous-collared Sparrow, adult and immature

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) Thirty subspecies have been described with two being synonymized leaving 28 recognized subspecies. Six have been mapped for Peru but with no delimiting distributions or published comparative morphological states to separate them. Three subspecies...

This is one of the commonest birds of Chile it seems