Order
Passeriformes
Family
Passerellidae
Genus
Arremon
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris

Hailey R. Gunningham and David L. Slager
Version: 1.0 — Published July 24, 2015

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

The song of Saffron-billed Sparrow is a high-pitched series of wiry, rapid notes, slower at the beginning, described as "tsit, tsee-tsi-tsi, tseép-seép-tseép" (Ridgely and Tudor, van Perlo 2009) or "sidsidlidsidlsidli" (Canevari and Acindar 1991).

The call is a short, high-pitched, insect-like "tseet" or "gep" (Narosky and Yzurieta 2011).

This species vocalizes on the ground or in low bushes or scrub (Canevari and Acindar 1991).

Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Saffron-Billed Sparrow can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Gunningham, H. R. and D. L. Slager (2015). Saffron-billed Sparrow (Arremon flavirostris), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.sabspa1.01