- Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow
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Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Genus: Melozone Species: M. kieneri Binomial name Melozone kieneri
(Bonaparte, 1850)The Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow (Melozone kieneri) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to western and southwestern Mexico. The species occurs both in the Sierra Madre Occidental range, and the Cordillera Neovolcanica mountain belt.
Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
Its size ranges from six to seven inches (15–17.5 cm). The adult has a rufous crown with white lore spot. Face is olive brown with white eye ring. Upper parts grayish olive. Throat and underparts white with black central chest spot. Undertail covers pale cinnamon. Juveniles are dusky brown on the upper parts. The throat and underparts are dirty pale lemon, streaked brown.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Melozone kieneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Howell, Steve N. G. and Webb, Sophie. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford university press.
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