| San Francisco Sparrow Arremon
franciscanus Brazilian name: Tico-tico-do-são-francisco |
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Brazil
The San Francisco Sparrow was only described as a species as recently as 1997. See the article by Marcos Raposo in Ararajuba 5(1):3-9 entitled "A new species of Arremon (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil" |
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It seems to be restricted to thick scrub caatinga and is found only on the valley of the rio São Francisco in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais. These photos were taken in this tyype of habitat in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia. It is classified as Near Threatened by Birdlife International. | |||
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The distinguishing features
of the San Francisco Sparrow compared to the Pectoral Sparrow
A. taciturnus are that the full breast band in the latter
is reduced to two breast patches near the wing bend in the
former. It also has an orange bill with a black culmen. Another
closely related species is the Half-collared Sparrow A.
semitorquatus where the breast band falls somewhere between
the two extremes.
There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page with excellent photos at Wikiaves. |
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