Yellow-mandibled Sparrow (Arremon axillaris) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivore

ForestSmall · 25 g

Yellow-mandibled Sparrow (Arremon axillaris), photo 1 — Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by Dario Taraborelli · cc0

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Yellow-mandibled Sparrow (Arremon axillaris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The yellow-mandibled sparrow is around 15 cm (5.9 in) in overall length and weighs 22–32 g (0.78–1.13 oz). The male has a black head with a narrow white supercilium and a grey stripe along the center of the crown. The throat and sides of the neck are white. The wing-coverts are yellowish green with the rest of the upperparts greenish-olive. It is white below except for the two sections of the black pectoral band which is broken in the middle. The bill is bicolor with a black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible.

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When to see the Yellow-mandibled Sparrow

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

About the Yellow-mandibled Sparrow

The yellow-mandibled sparrow is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in northeast Colombia and west Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the pectoral sparrow.

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Easily confused with

Maranon SparrowArremon nigricepsThe Maranon sparrow is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Paria BrushfinchArremon phygasThe Paria brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. Caracas BrushfinchArremon phaeopleurusThe Caracas brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long.

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