Rufous-crowned Sparrow bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsAshy Sparrow, Santa Cruz Sparrow, Cape Colnett Sparrow, Scott's Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Red-capped Finch, Boucard's summer Finch, Laguna Sparrow
Old latin name for birdAmmodromus ruficeps, Aimophila ruficips, Peucaea ruficeps
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyNew World Sparrows / Passerellidae
GenusAimophila
Breeding regionMiddle America, North America
Breeding subregionsc, sw USA and Mexico

Rufous-crowned Sparrow bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Begging call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 2.
    Song, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 3.
    Begging call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 4.
    Call, song, © Joshua Jaeger
    United States
  • 5.
    Song, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 6.
    Call, male, song, © Nick Komar
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, female, male, song, © Nick Komar
    United States
  • 8.
    Song, © Steve Hampton
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow subspecies (17)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Aimophila ruficeps australisc Oaxaca (sc Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps boucardis. San Luis Potosí to Guanajuato and Querétaro to s Michoacán, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, nw, c Veracruz, and n Puebla (c Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps canescenssw California (sw USA) and n Baja California (nw Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps dupontiMexico City area (sc Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps eremoecaColorado to Kansas (wc USA) and s to nc Mexico-No
Aimophila ruficeps extimaGuerrero and s Puebla through s Oaxaca (sw Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps fuscae Jalisco to n Colima and n Michoacán (sw Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps laybournaeVeracruz to Oaxaca (sc Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps obscuraislands off sw California (sw USA)-No
Aimophila ruficeps pallidissimane Mexico-No
Aimophila ruficeps phillipsise Sinaloa (wc Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps ruficepsc California (w USA)-No
Aimophila ruficeps sanctorumTodoa Santos Is. (island off Baja California in nw Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps scottiin, e, sw Arizona, sw New Mexico (sw USA) and nw Mexico-No
Aimophila ruficeps simulansnw to w Mexico-No
Aimophila ruficeps sororias Baja California (nw Mexico)-No
Aimophila ruficeps suttonie Nayarit to n, w Jalisco and s Colima (w Mexico)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalansit coronat
Chinese棕顶猛雀鹀
Chinese (Traditional)赤褐冠猛雀鵐
Croatianrusokapi strnadar
Czechstrnádka rezavotemenná, Strnádka rudotemenná
DanishRustkronet Spurv
DutchRoestkruingors
EsperantoRuĝeckrona ajmofilo
Finnishruskolakkisirkkuli
FrenchPinson à couronne fauve, Bruant à calotte fauve, Tohi à calotte fauve, Bruant à couronne fauve, Bruant à couronne rousse
GermanRostscheitel-Ammer, Rostscheitelammer
Hungarianbarnafejű verébsármány
IcelandicKolltittlingur
ItalianPassero caporossiccio, Passero corona rossa
Japaneseズアカスズメモドキ
Latvianrudgalvas zvirbulis
Lithuanianrausvavainikė aimofila
NorwegianRustkronespurv, rustkronespurv
Norwegian NynorskRustkronesporv
Polishgajówek rdzawołbisty, polniczek rdzawolbisty, polniczek rdzawołbisty
Portuguesetico-tico-de-coroa-ruiva
RussianРыжеголовый воробей, Рыжешапочная аимофила, Рыжешапочная овсянка
SerbianRiđokapi pipilo
Slovakstrnádlik skalný
SpanishChingolo coronirrufo, Zacatonero Corona Rufa, Zacatonero Corona Canela, Chingolo de Corona Rufa, Zacatonero coronirrufo, Cacatonero Coronirrufo
Swedishrostkronad sparv
TurkishPas Alınlı Serçe
Ukrainianпінсон рудоголовий