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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 26 g
ID tip
Voice: The bird's song is described as "metallic high-pitched trill at intervals tziii-tzziii-tzziii ... and quiet tic-tic-tic".
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When to see the Zapata Sparrow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Zapata Sparrow
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Zapata Sparrow
The Zapata sparrow is a medium-sized grey and yellow bird that lives in the grasslands of the Zapata Swamp and elsewhere on the island of Cuba. Measuring about 16.5 centimetres (6.5 in) in length, it is grey and yellow overall with a dark reddish-brown crown and olive-grey upperparts.
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Easily confused with
Tumbes SparrowRhynchospiza stolzmanniThe Tumbes sparrow is a medium-sized sparrow some 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long.
White-browed BrushfinchArremon torquatusThe white-browed brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 30 to 36 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz).
Rusty-bellied BrushfinchAtlapetes nationiThe rusty-bellied brushfinch is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz).
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