Peucaea ruficauda
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The stripe-headed sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. The stripe-headed sparrow was formally described in 1853 with the binomial Chondestes ruficauda. It was later reassigned to genus Aimophila. Genus Peucaea had earlier been merged into Aimophila; in 2010 taxonomic systems began restoring Peucaea to generic status and moved the stripe-headed sparrow and several other species from Aimophila to it.
The stripe-headed sparrow's further taxonomic history is unsettled. The International Ornithologists' Union, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these four subspecies: Within the species it calls P. r. acuminata the "stripe-headed sparrow (northern)" and groups the other four subspecies as the "strip-headed sparrow (southern)".
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 9 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-headed Sparrow sighting in San José on a given day, based on 423 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 118th most-seen of the 379 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises 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 Stripe-headed Sparrow in San José on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stripe-headed 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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Stripe-headed Sparrow sightings, San José ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 10%), Guadalajara (México, about 10%) and Managua (Nicaragua, under 5%).
Same family: Passerellidae
The closest relatives of the Stripe-headed Sparrow that you can see in San José (family Passerellidae, New World Sparrows) are Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 50%) and White-eared Ground-Sparrow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-headed Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in San José (423 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.
