Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda Scientific name definitions
Text last updated January 1, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | sit cap-ratllat |
Croatian | prugastoglavi strnadar |
Dutch | Roeststaartgors |
English | Stripe-headed Sparrow |
English (United States) | Stripe-headed Sparrow |
French | Bruant ligné |
French (Canada) | Bruant ligné |
German | Rostschwanzammer |
Japanese | ホオグロスズメモドキ |
Norwegian | stripehodespurv |
Polish | polniczek paskogłowy |
Russian | Ржавохвостая овсянка |
Serbian | Obrvasti strnad |
Slovak | strnádlik hnedoplecí |
Spanish | Chingolo Cabecilistado |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Sabanero Cabecilistado |
Spanish (Honduras) | Gorrión Cabeza Rayada |
Spanish (Mexico) | Zacatonero Corona Rayada |
Spanish (Spain) | Chingolo cabecilistado |
Swedish | strimhuvad sparv |
Turkish | Şerit Başlı Serçe |
Ukrainian | Чінголо широкобровий |
Peucaea ruficauda (Bonaparte, 1853)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
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Legend Overview
Introduction
The Stripe-headed Sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) is a medium to large sparrow found in savannah, scrub, second growth and open areas of seasonally dry Pacific slope regions of Mesoamerica. The overall appearance of this bird is simultaneously drab and striking. The tan and buffy upper plumage is decorated with bold white and black head stripes and bright rufous shoulder patches, and in one subspecies, the white belly and lower breast contrast with an extensive rich grey breastband. Stripe-headed Sparrows are found in pairs or conspicuous family groups of 3 - 9 birds, and are known for their chattery group vocalizations. They are the only New World sparrow known to breed cooperatively.
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Proposed race ibarrorum (described from La Avellana, in Guatemalan Southern Pacific lowlands) included in ruficauda. Four subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Stripe-headed Sparrow (Northern) Peucaea ruficauda acuminata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Peucaea ruficauda acuminata (Salvin & Godman, 1886)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
- acuminata / acuminatus
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Stripe-headed Sparrow (Southern) Peucaea ruficauda [ruficauda Group]
Distribution
Peucaea ruficauda lawrencii (Salvin & Godman, 1886)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
- lawrencii
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Distribution
Peucaea ruficauda connectens (Griscom, 1930)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
- connectans / connectens
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Legend Overview
Peucaea ruficauda ibarrorum (Dickerman, 1987)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
- ibarrorum
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Legend Overview
Distribution
Peucaea ruficauda ruficauda (Bonaparte, 1853)
Definitions
- PEUCAEA
- ruficauda
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding