Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Passerellidae
Genus
Zonotrichia
eBird Code
rucspa1

Subspecies (28)

  • Zonotrichia capensis antillarum

    cordillera central of Dominican Republic

  • Zonotrichia capensis antofagastae

    northern Chile (Tarapacá and Antofagasta)

  • Zonotrichia capensis arenalensis

    Andes of northern Argentina

  • Zonotrichia capensis australis

    breeds southern Chile and southern Argentina to Cape Horn; winters northward to Bolivia

  • Zonotrichia capensis bonnetiana

    southern Colombia

  • Zonotrichia capensis capensis

    French Guiana (lower Oyapock River) and adjacent Brazil (Amapá)

  • Zonotrichia capensis carabayae

    east slope of eastern Andes of Peru (Junín) to western Bolivia

  • Zonotrichia capensis chilensis

    Chile (Atacama to Islas Guaitecas) and Andes of southern Argentina

  • Zonotrichia capensis choraules

    western Argentina (Mendoza, eastern Neuquén, and Río Negro)

  • Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis

    mountains of Costa Rica to western Panama; Andes of Colombia, and western Venezuela

  • Zonotrichia capensis huancabambae

    northern and central Peru

  • Zonotrichia capensis hypoleuca

    southern and eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina

  • Zonotrichia capensis illescasensis

    northern Peru (Cerro Illescas in Piura)

  • Zonotrichia capensis inaccessibilis

    tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina)

  • Zonotrichia capensis insularis

    Aruba and Curaçao

  • Zonotrichia capensis macconnelli

    tepuis of southern Venezuela (Mount Roraima)

  • Zonotrichia capensis markli

    lowlands of northwestern Peru

  • Zonotrichia capensis matutina

    northeastern Brazil (Maranhão to Bahia and Mato Grosso) and adjacent eastern Bolivia

  • Zonotrichia capensis novaesi

    eastern Brazil (Pará)

  • Zonotrichia capensis perezchinchillorum

    tepuis of southern Venezuela (Amazonas)

  • Zonotrichia capensis peruviensis

    arid coastal Peru and west slope of Andes (La Libertad to Tacna)

  • Zonotrichia capensis pulacayensis

    Andes of Peru (Junín) to western Bolivia and northern Argentina

  • Zonotrichia capensis roraimae

    east-central Colombia (Meta) through southern and eastern Venezuela to western Guyana and northern Brazil

  • Zonotrichia capensis sanborni

    Andes of Chile (Coquimbo, Aconcagua) and Argentina (San Juan)

  • Zonotrichia capensis septentrionalis

    highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and Honduras

  • Zonotrichia capensis subtorquata

    eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo) to Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina

  • Zonotrichia capensis tocantinsi

    eastern Brazil (lower Amazonia along Rio Tocantins)

  • Zonotrichia capensis venezuelae

    coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.