Black-striped Sparrow
Arremonops conirostris
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyPasserellidae (New World Sparrows)
- GenusArremonops (Olive Sparrows and Allies)
- SpeciesArremonops conirostris (Black-striped Sparrow)
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 →
Recent sightings of Black-striped Sparrow in Santa Rosa National Park
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Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.