Birds of the World

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Genus: Ammodramus (3 species)


Yellow-browed Sparrow
Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) Male
Range: SA: Colombia through Amazonia
Los Llanos, Venezuela   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-browed Sparrow
Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons aurifrons) Immature
Range: SA: Colombia through Amazonia
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Common and usually seen on the ground. Immature is streaked and may not show yellow brow.

Grassland Sparrow
Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis humeralis)
Range: SA: widespread
Los Llanos, Venezuela
  Note yellow lore (but not yellow eye-brow), and white eye-ring, compared to the Yellow-browed Sparrow. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Grasshopper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus)
Range: NA, MA: widespread, also Colombia
Rio Chiquito, Bijagua, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
A small sparrow.

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