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Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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).

Arremon dorbignii occurs throughout west, central and Southern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, western Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija provinces) and northwestern Argentina (Jujuy and Salta provinces, south to Catamarca) (Gunningham and Slager 2015, Jaramillo 2019).

This species typically occurs in tropical deciduous woodland, from sea-level up to 1400 m a.s.l., where although a forest species, it is typically found near edges, trails, clearings or tree-fall gaps (Jaramillo 2019). It further occurs alongside the edges of tropical lowland evergreen forests and galley forests along waterways (Gunningham and Slager 2015, Jaramillo 2019). It is also found in second-growth forests as well as more mature, primary forest (Gunningham and Slager 2015).

There is an absence of evidence of any substantial threats to the Stripe-crowned Sparrow. Evidence tentatively suggests that the species can flourish in patchy and/or disturbed and logged forest as result of its preference for edge habitats and small clearings (Miranda et al. 2010, Gunningham and Slager 2015).

Stocky, long-billed, short-tailed sparrow. Males have a black head, full white supercilium extending from above the eye to the bill base, black ear-coverts and a snow-white throat; broad grey central crownstripe; nape and uppermost mantle grey, rest of upperparts, including wings and tail, a dull olive green. Bend of wing yellow; white of throat separated from white underparts by very narrow blackish pectoral line, flanks greyish; iris dark brown; bill orange-yellow to orange-red, black along culmen; legs pink to grey. Females similar, but slightly duller in coloration. Juveniles similar to adult, but duller all over (Jaramillo 2019).

Text account compilers
Ekstrom, J., Everest, J., Butchart, S.

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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.