Rufous-collared sparrow

Rufous-collared sparrow
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present
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Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Zonotrichia
Species:
Z. capensis
Binomial name
Zonotrichia capensis
(Müller, 1776)
Range of Z. capensis
Juvenile in Colombia
Z. c. australis singing in Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

The rufous-collared sparrow or Andean sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme south-east of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the Caribbean.[2][3][4] It has diverse vocalizations, which have been intensely studied since the 1970s, particularly by Paul Handford and Stephen C. Lougheed (UWO), Fernando Nottebohm (Rockefeller University) and Pablo Luis Tubaro (UBA). Local names for this bird include the Portuguese tico-tico, the Spanish copetón ("tufted") in Colombia, as well as chingolo and chincol, comemaíz "corn eater" in Costa Rica, and Cigua de Constanza in the Dominican Republic.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Zonotrichia capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721079A138471375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721079A138471375.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "rufous-collared sparrow | bird". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ Jeffrey V. Wells; Allison Childs Wells; Robert Dean (2017). Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao: A Site and Field Guide. Cornell University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781501712869.
  4. ^ Karel Beylevelt (1995). Nature Guide: Netherlands Antilles & Aruba. GMB. p. 75. ISBN 9789074345095.