Arremonops conirostris
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 325 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 329 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–July and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month.
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.
4th of 26
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Black-striped Sparrow sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-striped Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (325 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
