Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyPasserellidae (New World Sparrows)
GenusArremonops (Olive Sparrows and Allies)
SpeciesArremonops conirostris (Black-striped Sparrow)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

4 Verified sightings at San Lorenzo Protected Forest From 2019 to 2026

14,176 Verified sightings across all 31 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Black-striped Sparrow

The black-striped sparrow (Arremonops conirostris) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Honduras south to Ecuador and Brazil. There are also unconfirmed reports in Peru.

The black-striped sparrow was formally described in 1850 with the binomial Arremon conirostris. Eventually it was reassigned to genus Arremonops that Robert Ridgway erected in 1896, and for much of the first half of the twentieth century it was treated as conspecific with A. chloronotus, now called the green-backed sparrow.

The black-striped sparrow's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC and AviList assign it these six subspecies: A. c. striaticeps (Lafresnaye, 1853) A. c. viridicatus Wetmore, 1957 A. c. inexpectatus Chapman, 1914 A. c. conirostris (Bonaparte, 1850)

A. c. umbrinus Todd, 1923 A. c. pastazae Krabbe & Stejskal, 2008 As of late 2025 the Clements taxonomy recognizes a seventh, A. c. richmondii (Ridgway, 1898), which the other two systems include as part of A. c. striaticeps. Clements does not recognize A. c. viridicatus but includes it in A. c. richmondii. Also as of late 2025, BirdLife International's Handbook of the... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

Arremon aurantiirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Troglodytes musculus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Hylophilus decurtatus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Pitangus sulphuratus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Turdus grayi

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Oncostoma olivaceum

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Todirostrum cinereum

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tyrannus melancholicus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
2	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
3	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
4	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
5	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
6	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
7	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
8	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
9	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
10	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
11	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
12	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
13	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
14	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
15	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
16	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
17	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
18	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
19	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
21	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
23	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
26	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
27	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
28	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
29	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
30	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
31	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

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Black-striped Sparrow

About the Black-striped Sparrow

Closest Relatives at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

Orange-billed Sparrow

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Southern House Wren

Lesser Greenlet

Great Kiskadee

Clay-colored Thrush

Southern Bentbill

Blue-gray Tanager

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Palm Tanager

Western Slaty-Antshrike

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found