White-eared Ground-sparrow (Melozone leucotis)

Other Names (World)
White-eared Ground-Sparrow, Salvin's Ground-sparrow (occipitalis), White-eared Ground Sparrow

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1861

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 500 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Unknown to Honduras.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

White-eared Ground Sparrow (Melozone leucotis) [XC107336]
by Mike Nelson from Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose, Costa Rica (call, song)

White-eared Ground Sparrow (Melozone leucotis) [XC717996]
by Peter Boesman from Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

occipitalis (Salvin, 1878) - Pacific coast of southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala and El Salvador (Volc�n de San Salvador). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grey-crowned Ground-sparrow (Melozone occipitalis).
nigrior Miller, W & Griscom, 1925 - North-central highlands of Nicaragua.
leucotis Cabanis, 1861 - Highlands of Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-eared Ground-sparrow (Melozone leucotis) - 10 files

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