Cabanis's ground sparrow

Cabanis's ground sparrow or Costa Rican ground sparrow (Melozone cabanisi), is an American sparrow. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Prevost's ground sparrow.

Cabanis's ground sparrow

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Melozone
Species:
M. cabanisi
Binomial name
Melozone cabanisi
(PL Sclater & Salvin, 1868)
Synonyms

Melozone biarcuata cabanisi

Cabanis's ground sparrow is endemic to central Costa Rica.

Description

It is on average 15cm long and weighs 28g. The adult has a stubby dark-grey bill, unstreaked olive-brown upperparts, a rufous crown and mainly white underparts. Young birds are browner above, have yellower underparts, and a duller indistinct head pattern. The rufous of the crown extends to behind the eye and is bordered on its anterior edge with black. This black border is broken by a white eye ring. The forehead is white, bordered below with a thin black line, there is a black malar stripe, and a black central breast patch.

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References
  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Melozone cabanisi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103776650A104278404. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103776650A104278404.en. Downloaded on 06 February 2018.
  • Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica, ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
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