Stripe-crowned Sparrow (Arremon dorbignii) | Details

Stripe-crowned Sparrow Arremon dorbignii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Arremon flavirostris has been split into Saffron-billed Sparrow A. flavirostris and Stripe-crowned Sparrow A. dorbignii following the evidence of genetic separation (Trujillo-Arias et al. 2017) and after comparison of museum specimens revealed that dorbignii differs by its; grey central crown-stripe vs none or just a grey nuchal patch (3); white vs black preocular supercilium (2); narrower breast-stripe (somewhat variable in other taxa; hence only 1); different song (at least 1).

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	588,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as fairly common relative to other neotropical birds (Gunningham and Slager, 2015).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats (Jaramillo 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Stripe-crowned Sparrow Arremon dorbignii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/stripe-crowned-sparrow-arremon-dorbignii on 10/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 10/01/2025.