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Photo by Stanley Jones
El Oro Province, Ecuador, November 2014

Photo by mmdnje
Bosque Cerro Blanco, Guayaquil, Ecuador, December 2005

Arremon abeillei

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• A. a. abeillei:

• Arid scrub of south-western Ecuador (Manabí) to north-western Peru (Cajamarca)

• A. a. nigriceps:

• North-western Peru (upper Marañón Valley)

Habitat

Dry forests and moist lowland forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Black-capped Sparrow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Black-capped_Sparrow

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