White-eared Ground-Sparrow

White-eared Ground-Sparrow

Melozone leucotis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
40–50
Feb
50–60
Mar
50–60
Apr
50–60
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
40–50
Aug
40–50
Sep
30–40
Oct
30–40
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
2 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
3 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
4 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
5 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
6 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-eared Ground-Sparrow in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

About 45% of visitor-days record a White-eared Ground-Sparrow sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 4355 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see White-eared Ground-Sparrow in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

April has the highest sighting rate for White-eared Ground-Sparrow in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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