BeakBrain
Menu
Bird GuideDaily BirdCamsTripsCommunityGet the app

Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestDomed nestSmall · 36 g
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 1
Photo: Kathy & sam from Beaverton OR, USA · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 2
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 3
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 4
Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 5
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 6
Photo: Kathy & sam from Beaverton OR, USA · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 7
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 8
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 9
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA · CC BY 2.0
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), photo 10
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0

What the Black-striped Sparrow sounds like

Sonogram of the Black-striped Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · El Hatillo (near Caracas), Libertador, Capital District, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-striped Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-striped Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The black-striped sparrow is about 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long and weighs 26 to 42 g (0.92 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. c. conirostris have a mostly gray head with wide black stripes on each side of the crown and a thin black strip through the eye. Their upperparts, tail, and wings are olive-green with yellow at the bend of the wing. Their throat is whitish, their breast and sides pale gray, their belly whitish, and their lower flanks and undertail coverts washed with olive-buff. Voice: The black-striped sparrow's song in Honduras is described as "several rich calls before accelerating into a longer series, wareep-weep!-warih-weep!-chu-chu-chu-chu-chu'chu'chu'chu'chu'chu'chu'tu'tu'tu'tu'tu'tu'tu'tu-weep!". In Venezuela it has at least three songs, "a slow, measured wü...

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Black-striped Sparrow

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-striped Sparrow

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama Colombia Venezuela Ecuador Nicaragua Honduras Brazil

About the Black-striped Sparrow

The black-striped sparrow is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Honduras south to Ecuador and Brazil. There are also unconfirmed reports in Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus) Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusThe olive sparrow is about 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 15 to 30 g (0.53 to 1.1 oz). Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) Green-backed SparrowArremonops chloronotusThe green-backed sparrow is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 24 to 31 g (0.85 to 1.1 oz). Tocuyo Sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis) Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisThe Tocuyo sparrow is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long.

Side by side: Black-striped Sparrow vs Olive Sparrow · Black-striped Sparrow vs Green-backed Sparrow

Learn the Black-striped Sparrow in the BeakBrain App

Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.

Play today's Daily Bird

Every photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.