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Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus parvirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 24 g
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 1
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 2
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 3
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 4
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 5
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 6
Photo: Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 9
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris), photo 10
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0

What the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: near Panguri, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. p. parvirostris have an olive-green crown, face, nape, upperparts, and tail. Their flight feathers are dusky with olive edges. The center of their throat is pale gray and the sides bright yellow that flares back and up onto the neck, forming the eponymous "whiskers". Most of the rest of their underparts are gray with olive-yellow undertail coverts. Subspecies C. p. Voice: The song of the yellow-whiskered chlorospingus has not been put into words. Its calls are describes as "a tsrreet note" and "a modulated, high tsrrree".

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When to see the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus

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-whiskered Chlorospingus

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador Colombia Bolivia

About the Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus

The yellow-whiskered chlorospingus is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Some taxonomic systems call it the short-billed chlorospingus.

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Easily confused with

Pirre ChlorospingusChlorospingus inornatusThe Pirre chlorospingus is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 20 to 36 g (0.71 to 1.3 oz). Tacarcuna ChlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunaeThe Tacarcuna chlorospingus is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 18 g (0.63 oz). Ashy-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus canigularis) Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisThe ashy-throated chlorospingus is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 14.5 to 21 g (0.51 to 0.74 oz).

Side by side: Ashy-throated Chlorospingus vs Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus

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