#costa rican ground-sparrow

[birdstudies]

December 21, 2023 - Costa Rican Ground-Sparrow or Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow (Melozone cabanisi) Found only in central Costa Rica, these New World sparrows live in lowland and mountain forests, woodlands, coffee plantations, and thickets. Foraging on or near the ground alone or in pairs, they feed on seeds and insects, though the details of their diet are unknown. They build cup-shaped nests from grass, rootlets, stems, dry leaves, and horse hair in grass tussocks, hollows, or bushes. Females lay clutches of two or three eggs. Classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, their population is declining slowly due to residential and commercial development in their small range.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

Hello! Hope your doing great! If you're still taking requests, I have some Costa Rican birds for you (: (I checked and I don't think you've done any of them yet, but I may have missed something):

Cocos Cuckoo

Coppery-headed Emerald

Mangrove Hummingbird

Cocos Flycatcher

Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager

Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow

Cocos Finch

And our national bird which I think is common in other countries: the clay-colored thrush.

Thank you for reading this! Have a nice day!

Thank you for the suggestions! All have been posted :)