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Bird name:

Olive Sparrow

Arremonops rufivirgatusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Codes: Common Name: OLSP Scientific Name: ARRRUF ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179271

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline
Crown Color: Brown and white striped.
Forehead Color: Brown and white striped.
Nape Color: Dull olive
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 17 cm (6.55 in)
Weight: 23 g (0.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Olive, Buff
Underparts: Buff with white belly.
Upperparts: Dull olive
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Short flights with series of rapid wing beats alternating with wings pulled to sides.
Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark Olive
Under Tail: Dark Olive
Leg Color: Pink

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Olive Sparrow

Olive Sparrow: Medium-sized sparrow with olive-brown upperparts. Underparts are olive-gray on breast, sides, flanks and undertail coverts, and white on chin, throat and belly. Also has wide brown stripe on each side of crown and dark line through eye. Tail is rounded and dark brown.

● Song: "chip, chip, chip-chip-chip-chip-chip", "speeee", "tsik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Olive Sparrow: Eats seeds and insects. Forages low in trees, bushes, and on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Olive Sparrow: Two to five white eggs are laid in a nest made of dried grass, sticks, stems, leaves, and bark pieces, lined with mammal hair and finer materials, and built in a bush or cactus, 2 to 5 feet above the ground, or sometimes on the ground. Incubation ranges from 10 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Olive Sparrow: Green-tailed Towhee is larger, has red-brown cap, black line bordering white moustache stripe, gray head and underparts, and lacks eyestripe.

Flight Pattern

Short flights with series of rapid wing beats alternating with wings pulled to sides.

● Range & Habitat: Olive Sparrow: Resident in lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Preferred habitats include thickets and thorn scrub.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.8 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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