Five-striped Sparrow
Common
Name: Five-striped Sparrow
(FSSP)
Scientific
Name:
Aimophila
quinquestriata
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Nothing other than coverage under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 21 (Groschupf 1992)
Distribution:
Breeds from se
Arizona
(very locally) south through se
Sonora
and sw
Chihuahua
. Winters in c
Sonora
, n Sinaloa, and sw
Chihuahua
, probably farther south (AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Arid Montane Scrub; in winter, also to more open grassy areas (50
– 1850 m; Subtropical Zone; to Tropical Zone in winter) (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: BNA No. 21 (Groschupf
1992); PIF Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee
2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo1 (Essentially no data on
population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of Western Hemisphere breeding range
is south of the
U.S.
(from PIF Monitoring Needs document)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Mexican species-specific surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct border (U.S.-Mexico) bird
surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Little
is known of southern populations of FSSP (south of
Sonora
) (BNA)
Wintering
- Little
is known of FSSP in winter throughout its range (BNA)
Genetics/Taxonomy/Systematics
- More
studies on the taxonomic status of FSSP (generic placement), ancestry
(BNA)
[Link to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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