Melozone kieneri — Details

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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Systems
  • Terrestrial
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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2009

Assessor/s
BirdLife International

Reviewer/s
Bird, J., Butchart, S.

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Justification
This species has a very 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 is very large, and hence does not 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.

History
  • 2008
    Least Concern
  • 2004
    Least Concern
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Population

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Population
Partners in Flight (A. Panjabi in litt. 2008)
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Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow

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The Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow (Melozone kieneri) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to western and southwestern Mexico. The species occurs both in the Sierra Madre Occidental range, and the Cordillera Neovolcanica mountain belt.

Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Description

Its size ranges from six to seven inches (15–17.5 cm). The adult has a rufous crown with white lore spot. Face is olive brown with white eye ring. Upper parts grayish olive. Throat and underparts white with black central chest spot. Undertail covers pale cinnamon. Juveniles are dusky brown on the upper parts. The throat and underparts are dirty pale lemon, streaked brown.

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