About the Pirre Chlorospingus
The Pirre chlorospingus or Pirre bush tanager is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Panama.
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The Pirre chlorospingus is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 20 to 36 g (0.71 to 1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark gray crown and face. Their nape and upperparts are olive-green. Their flight feathers are dusky with dark green edges on the outer webs of the primaries and wider olive edges on the secondaries; the tertials are mostly olive. The central tail feathers are dusky; the rest are dusky with increasing amounts of olive on their edges to the outermost. Their throat is yellowish white and their upper breast, sides, and flanks are darker olive-yellow. Voice: As of April 2026 xeno-canto had two recordings of Tacarcuna inornatus calls, one of which included song; the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library had one of them and 18 other recordings. The species' song has not been put into words. Its calls are "three different thin, buzzy, high-pitched notes, including spéétza, a simple tsip and chuweet?
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Where the Pirre Chlorospingus lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
When to see the Pirre Chlorospingus
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-whiskered ChlorospingusChlorospingus parvirostrisThe yellow-whiskered chlorospingus is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 17.5 to 28.5 g (0.62 to 1.0 oz).
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