Striped Sparrow
Oriturus superciliosus
The striped sparrow is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 37 to 54 g (1.3 to 1.9 oz). Males are larger than females but the sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a rufous crown with thin black streaks and a thin gray stripe along its middle. They have blackish lores and ear coverts that form a "mask" and a long wide white supercilium. Their nape and the sides of their neck are light grayish with black streaks. Their mantle, scapulars, and back are buffy brown with heavy black and pale gray streaks. Their long rounded tail is dark brown with buff-brown feather edges. Voice: One description of the striped sparrow's primary song is an "ultra high rattle tit-tjtjtjtjtj...". It also has a seldom-heard flight song that is similar. One call is a "very high-pitched...sharp tink note" given in series, and in alarm it makes "a fast series of chattering notes".
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White-winged Brushfinch
Atlapetes leucopterus
The white-winged brushfinch is about 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long and weighs about 19 to 26 g (0.67 to 0.92 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. l. leucopterus have a russet stripe from the forecrown to the nape; it is darkest on the forecrown. Their face is mostly blackish with a buff-white spot above the lores and a wide white lower cheek with a thin black line below it. Their upperparts and tail are dark gray. Their wings are dark gray with white bases on the primaries and white on the marginal coverts. Voice: The white-winged brushfinch's vocalizations vary among the subspecies. The song of A. l. dresseri is "a high, 2-part series of thin notes" and its call is "a high, descending tseeu". The song of A. l. paynteri is "a pleasant musical chew-chew tee-tee" and its call "a high ti". The species sings from a high perch and most often at dawn.
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