Listen to the Tumbes sparrow
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About the Tumbes sparrow
The Tumbes sparrow is a bird in the family Passerellidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Tumbes sparrow sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Tumbes sparrow (Rhynchospiza stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
More from the family Passerellidae
Dark-eyed junco
Junco hyemalis
White-crowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Rufous-collared sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
American tree sparrow
Spizelloides arborea
Savannah sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Chipping sparrow
Spizella passerina
Eastern towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Lincoln's sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Tanager finch
Oreothraupis arremonops
Spotted towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Tumbes sparrow sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Tumbes sparrow on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Tumbes sparrow endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Tumbes sparrow as “least concern”.
What family does the Tumbes sparrow belong to?
The Tumbes sparrow (Rhynchospiza stolzmanni) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Loja: 2 km SW Catamayo (La Toma), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Loja: 2 km SW Catamayo (La Toma), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2229906 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Tumbes sparrow – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Joseph Smit – Public domain