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Cabanis's Ground Sparrow
Melozone cabanisi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Cabanis's Ground Sparrow, Melozone cabanisi, is a passerine of the New World sparrows that breeds in middle America, in Costa Rica. It is confined to the highlands of the country’s Central Valley, from around northern San José Province to central Cartago Province. The bird is a resident throughout the year and is found in open scrub, forest edges, hedgerows, shade coffee plantations, suburban gardens and urban areas. It was first described in 1868 by Sclater and Salvin. Cabanis's Ground Sparrow is a monotypic species and was recognised again as a full species by the IOC in 2012.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- Middle America: c Costa Rica
