Black-chested Sparrow
Peucaea humeralis (Cabanis, 1851)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Black-chested Sparrow, Peucaea humeralis, is a passerine in the New World sparrow family and breeds in middle America in western Mexico. It was first described by Cabanis in 1851. The species is confined to Mexico, with a range in southwestern parts of the country from inland areas of Jalisco and Colima south to Guerrero and south-western Oaxaca, and east to Morelos and Puebla. It lives in dry lowland and montane scrub and thorn forest in tropical and lower subtropical zones. It is a year-round resident, and pairs sometimes sing together.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- Middle America: w Mexico
