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Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Melozone

White-eared Ground Sparrow

Melozone leucotis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whegrs2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Melozone

Subspecies (2)

Melozone leucotis leucotis

highlands of central Costa Rica
Melozone leucotis nigrior

highlands of east-central Honduras and north-central Nicaragua

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whegrs2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.