Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifrons
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPasserellidae (New World Sparrows)
- GenusAmmodramus (Grass Sparrows)
- SpeciesAmmodramus aurifrons (Yellow-browed Sparrow)
The yellow-browed sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. First described by Johann Baptist von Spix in 1825, this American sparrow is found across much of the Amazon basin in South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Canaima National Park
Grassland Sparrow
Ammodramus humeralis
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Tepui Brush-Finch
Atlapetes personatus
Pectoral Sparrow
Arremon taciturnus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Blue-and-white Swallow
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Pantepui Thrush
Turdus murinus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Black-headed Tanager
Stilpnia cyanoptera
Greater Flowerpiercer
Diglossa major
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Yellow-browed Sparrow at Canaima National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 14 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |