GALLERIES > BIRDS > PASSERIFORMES > EMBERIZIDAE > FIVE-STRIPED SPARROW [Amphispiza quinquestriata]
Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 1, 2009 ID : 7C2V1114 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 1, 2009 ID : 7C2V1084 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 23, 2008 ID : 7C2V7527 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 23, 2008 ID : 7C2V7519 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 23, 2008 ID : 7C2V7492 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: California Gulch, AZGPS: 31.4N, -111.2W, elev=3,689' MAP Date: August 23, 2008 ID : 7C2V7538 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Five-striped Sparrow, Aimophila quinquestriata, is a medium-sized sparrow.
This passerine bird is primarily found along the eastern Sea of Cortez region and Pacific region of mainland western Mexico, with a breeding range that extends into the southern tip of the U.S. state of Arizona, the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range containing the Madrean sky islands, of southeastern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora.
This species is a regular victim of cowbird nest parasites.
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