Pirre Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus inornatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 28 g

ID tip

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?

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Pirre Chlorospingus

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pirre Chlorospingus

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

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.

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

Easily confused with

Learn the Pirre Chlorospingus 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.