Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 1 — Photo: (c) http://www.birdphotos.com, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Emerson Neves Batista, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Yellow-browed Sparrow sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-browed Sparrow: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Bellavista, Palanda-Zumba road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pastaza: 7 road km W Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The yellow-browed sparrow is a small American sparrow, measuring 13 cm (5 in) in length, with a mass between 14.5 and 19 g (0.5 and 0.7 oz). Sexes are similarly plumaged, though males average very slightly larger than females. The adult is brownish gray on the upperparts, with dusky streaks on the back. Its underparts are whitish, shading to grayish on the chest and buff on the flanks. Its legs are pinkish-brown, while the beak is horn-colored, with a darker culmen. Its iris is reddish brown. Voice: The yellow-browed sparrow's high-pitched song is described as "insect-like". Monotonous and buzzy, it is transcribed as tic, tzzz-tzzzzz, with the first note weak and short. The male sings throughout the day from a low, exposed perch.

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When to see the Yellow-browed Sparrow

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

Where to see the Yellow-browed Sparrow

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador Colombia Brazil Bolivia Venezuela

About the Yellow-browed Sparrow

The yellow-browed sparrow is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. First described by Johann Baptist von Spix in 1825, this American sparrow is found across much of the Amazon basin in South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Easily confused with

Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralisThe grassland sparrow is a robust species with a large head and a short tail, with a total length of about 13 cm (5 in).

Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumThese small sparrows measure 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in length, span about 17.5 cm (6.9 in) across the wings and weigh from 13.8 to 28.4 g (0.49 to 1.00 oz), with an average of 17 g (0.60 oz).

Side by side: Grasshopper Sparrow vs Yellow-browed Sparrow · Grassland Sparrow vs Yellow-browed Sparrow

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