Arremonops conirostris
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 67 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 189th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow in Panama City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Black-striped Sparrow sightings, Panama City ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%) and Valencia (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black-striped Sparrow that you can see in Panama City (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 80%), Tropical Kingbird (about 70%) and Blue-gray Tanager (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-striped Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (67 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.
