Arremonops conirostris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The black-striped sparrow (Arremonops conirostris) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Honduras south to Ecuador and Brazil. There are also unconfirmed reports in Peru.
The black-striped sparrow was formally described in 1850 with the binomial Arremon conirostris. Eventually it was reassigned to genus Arremonops that Robert Ridgway erected in 1896, and for much of the first half of the twentieth century it was treated as conspecific with A. chloronotus, now called the green-backed sparrow.
The black-striped sparrow's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC and AviList assign it these six subspecies: Also as of late 2025, BirdLife International's Handbook of the... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 523 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 90th most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-striped Sparrow sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Black-striped Sparrow sightings, Caracas has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Valencia (Venezuela, under 5%) and Panama City (Panama, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-striped Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (523 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
