Arremonops conirostris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 123rd most-seen of the 296 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-striped Sparrow in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April, 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.
15th of 26
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Black-striped Sparrow sightings, Volcán Barú National Park ranks 15th at about 10%. 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.
Same family: Passerellidae
The closest relatives of the Black-striped Sparrow that you can see in Volcán Barú National Park (family Passerellidae, New World Sparrows) are Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 70%), Yellow-thighed Finch (about 50%) and Common Chlorospingus (about 40%), 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 Volcán Barú National Park (122 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.
