Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Prevost's Ground-sparrow (Melozone biarcuata) - HBW 16, p. 597
French: Tohi à face blanche
German: Weißwangen-Grundammer
Spanish: Toquí Cuatro-ojos
Other common names: White-faced Ground-sparrow; Chiapas Ground-sparrow (hartwegi);Cabanis’s Ground-sparrow (cabanisi)
Taxonomy: Pyrgita biarcuata Prévost and Des Murs, 1846, no locality = “California” and Guatemala.
Formerly considered close to, and has been considered conspecific with, Pyrgisoma kieneri, but differs in both adult and juvenile plumages. Race cabanisi sometimes considered to represent a separate species. Race hartwegi often treated as a synonym of nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hartwegi Brodkorb, 1938 - SE Mexico (Chiapas).
- biarcuata (Prévost & Des Murs, 1846) - highlands of Guatemala, W Honduras and El Salvador.
- cabanisi (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) - highlands of C Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a rock and in a bush, calling and flying away. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp biarcuatum)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 3.6 -
Two birds moving in trees. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp biarcuatum)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 32 sec 3 -
A bird feeding on the ground. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp biarcuatum)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 3
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Dorsal view
Locality Alajuelita, San José, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp cabanisi)
Róger Rodríguez 12 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
Knut Eisermann 10 March 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
Ventral view
Locality Alajuelita, San José, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp Cabanisi)
Róger Rodríguez 12 January 2013 18 weeks ago 3.4
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Calls by one bird. Locality Paval, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp biarcuatum)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 19 weeks ago 4
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