SPECIES

Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus Scientific name definitions

D. Alexander Carrillo Martínez, Zayra Arery Guadalupe Muñoz González, Cody Smith, David L. Slager, and Andrew J. Spencer
Version: 3.0 — Published February 9, 2024

Demography and Populations

Introduction

Populations appear to be relatively large (66), and the species is reported to be locally common to fairly common (4). There are no long-term survey data, but the population is believed to be in small decline (66).

Measures of Breeding Activity

Age at First Breeding

No information.

Intervals Between Breeding

No information.

Clutch Size and Number of Clutches per Season

Clutch size ranges from 3–4 eggs (4).

Annual and Lifetime Reproductive Success

No information.

Number of Broods Normally Reared per Season

No information.

Life Span and Survivorship

No information.

Disease and Body Parasites

In Nevado de Toluca and Valle de Bravo, Mexico (67) (n = 6):

  • 1 individual infected with Haemoproteus spp. with a "medium intensity infection."
  • 1 individual infected with Leucocytozoon spp. with a "medium intensity infection."

Causes of Mortality

No information.

Population Spatial Metrics

Individual Distance

No information.

Territory Size

Marshall (52: 118) suggested that the species "did not seem to have territorial boundaries." See Home Range Size.

Home Range Size

May be loosely colonial (4). Marshall (52: 118) suggested that home ranges overlapped and described a meadow, ~1.2 km in diameter, as occupied by a "colony" of 24 adults.

Population Status

Numbers

There are no estimates of population size based on survey data, but populations are reported to be relatively large (66). Reported to be locally common to fairly common (4).

During 25–26 June 1952 in Upper Rio Gavilan, Chihuahua, Marshall (52) reported a density of "4.8 pairs of Striped Sparrow per km in the sampled habitat" (a meadow of 1-km diameter with a colony of about 24 adults). During spring and summer 2016 in Playa Cebolletas, a small montane grassland in Aguascalientes, 7 individuals were recorded in 4.9 ha (~140 individuals per km2) (DACM).

Trends

There are no long-term survey data, but the population is believed to be in small decline (66).

Population Regulation

No information.

Recommended Citation

Carrillo Martínez, D. A., Z. A. G. Muñoz González, C. Smith, D. L. Slager, and A. J. Spencer (2024). Striped Sparrow (Oriturus superciliosus), version 3.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney and P. G. Rodewald, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.strspa1.03