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Stripe-headed Sparrow
Peucaea ruficauda (Bonaparte, 1853)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Stripe-headed Sparrow, Peucaea ruficauda, is a New World Sparrow in the family Passerellidae and a resident bird of Middle America from western Mexico to Costa Rica. It is a medium to large sparrow with the sexes alike. The adult has a dark crown and nape marked by a pale central stripe, a broad pale eyebrow, and a dark facial panel. Its upperparts are mainly rufous-brown, the tail is rufous, and the underparts are pale. Four subspecies are recognised, with one smaller form in western Mexico and others across southern Mexico and Central America.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- Middle America: w Mexico to Costa Rica
