Tumbes Sparrow (Rhynchospiza stolzmanni)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura, Peru

tumbes-sparrow
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura, Peru

tumbes-sparrow
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura, Peru


Identification & Behavior: ~14 cm (14 in). The Tumbes Sparrow has brownish back streaked with dusky. The head is patterned with brown stripes. It shows a dusky malar stripe and a postocular stripe. The underparts are plain gray. The bill is thick with silver on the base grading to dusky. It forages is on the floor of shrubs, scrub and other similar habitats. The Tumbes Sparrow is similar to the Rufous-collared Sparrow but is distinguished by rusty brown stripes on the head, a thick bill with silver on the base, and the lack of rufous on the neck.

Status: The Tumbes Sparrow is uncommon and largely restricted to the lowlands and foothills of northwest Peru. It is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the western Andes. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Gorrión de Tumbes.

Sub-species: Tumbes Sparrow (Rhynchospiza stolzmanni), (Taczanowski), 1877.

Meaning of Name: Rhynchospiza: Gr. rhunkhos= bill and spiza= finch. Also, spizo= to chirp.
stolzmanni: In honor of Jan Sztolcman (1854-1928) Polish zoologist, collector in tropical America 1875-1883.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.