White-eared Ground Sparrow

Melozone leucotis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Melozone
eBird Code: whegrs2

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.

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