Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Melozone

Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow

Melozone kieneri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Roger Shaw · CC_BY_4_0

Melozone kieneri grisior

arid Pacific slope of northwestern Mexico (southeastern Sonora and northeastern Sinaloa)
Melozone kieneri kieneri

arid western Mexico (Sinaloa, western Durango, Nayarit, western Jalisco, and Colima)
Melozone kieneri rubricata

arid southwestern Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, Morelos, Guerrero, and Oaxaca)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.