Marañon Sparrow Arremon nigriceps
(aka Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei nigriceps)
Maranon Sparrow, Bosque de Yanahuanca, Cajamarca, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image Bosque de Yanahuanca, Cajamarca, Peru
October 2018

The Marañon Sparrow is distributed in the Marañon Valley of northern Peru. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in dry forest and gallery forest as well as nearby scrub.

Maranon Sparrow, Bosque de Yanahuanca, Cajamarca, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image Most authorities lump this species with Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei nigriceps but the upper back is green as compared to the coastal species which has a grey back.

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