The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 445 · seb_species_0445

Saffron-billed Sparrow

arremon flavirostris

Emberizidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

15-16.5 cm. Bill all orange yellow. Black cap with white postocular superciliary. Gray coronal area. Upperparts gray. Yellow bend of wing. Underparts white with black pectoral band. Call "zik". Song a sequence of 5-6 zi notes, "zi zi zi zi zi zi", all notes between 5000 and 8000 Hz, last note sometimes emphasized. Single or in pairs on the ground in forest. Not uncommon in dense scrubby forests with ample underbrush. Mostly in the interior of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, e. g.<8E>Conde do Pinhal, Broa, Pirassununga ^119 , Barretos, Bebedouro, Jaboticabal, Silvania ^40 . Might occur closer to the coast in dry forest. To 1400 meters in Bolivia ^133 . 5923 Song, November 18, 2002, Iguazu Falls, secondary dry forest and scrub, 30<91>C, sun, no wind.: 6026 > Adult:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

15-16.5 cm. Bill all orange yellow. Black cap with white postocular superciliary. Gray coronal area. Upperparts gray. Yellow bend of wing. Underparts white with black pectoral band.

Voice

Call "zik". Song a sequence of 5-6 zi notes, "zi zi zi zi zi zi", all notes between 5000 and 8000 Hz, last note sometimes emphasized.

Behavior

Single or in pairs on the ground in forest.

Habitat and status

Not uncommon in dense scrubby forests with ample underbrush.

Distribution

Mostly in the interior of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, e. g.<8E>Conde do Pinhal, Broa, Pirassununga ^119 , Barretos, Bebedouro, Jaboticabal, Silvania ^40 . Might occur closer to the coast in dry forest. To 1400 meters in Bolivia ^133 .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

arremon flavirostris

Saffron-billed Sparrow

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

CLEMENTS

arremon flavirostris

Saffron-billed Sparrow

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

AOU_HM

arremon flavirostris

Saffron-billed Sparrow

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

Recordings

5923.mp3

5923 Song, November 18, 2002, Iguazu Falls, secondary dry forest and scrub, 30<91>C, sun, no wind.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/5923.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Saffron-billed Sparrow
6026.jpg
6026 > Adult
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/6026.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0445
Account ID
seb_account_0445
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
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Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above