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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 31 g
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Prevost's ground sparrow is on average 15 cm long and weighs 28 g. The adult has a stubby dark-grey bill, unstreaked olive-brown upperparts, a rufous crown and mainly white underparts. Young birds are browner above, have yellower underparts, and a duller indistinct head pattern. It has a simple head pattern in which the rufous of the crown extends down the sides of the neck as a half collar behind the white face. Voice: Calls include a thin tsit or a clearer psee. The male's song, given from a hidden perch in the wet season, is a whistled pst’t’t’t peer peer peer whee whee whee.
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When to see the Prevost's Ground Sparrow
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Prevost's Ground Sparrow
The map shades 4 countries 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 Belize.
About the Prevost's Ground Sparrow
Prevost's ground sparrow, also known as the white-faced ground sparrow, is an American sparrow.
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Easily confused with
Rusty-crowned Ground SparrowMelozone kieneriThe rusty-crowned ground sparrow is 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 35 to 41 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz).
White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollisThe white-throated towhee is a large sparrow with a long tail, 18.5 to 22.5 cm (7.3 to 8.9 in) long and weighing 42 to 50 g (1.5 to 1.8 oz).
Cabanis's Ground SparrowMelozone cabanisiCabanis's ground sparrow is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long.
Side by side: Prevost's Ground Sparrow vs White-eared Ground Sparrow · Prevost's Ground Sparrow vs White-throated Towhee · Prevost's Ground Sparrow vs Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow · Cabanis's Ground Sparrow vs Prevost's Ground Sparrow
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