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Where does the Rufous-collared Sparrow live?

Zonotrichia capensis has 1,548,673 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

Rufous-collared Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow β€” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesPasserellidaeZonotrichia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 321,997
Colombia 275,742
Chile 242,163
Brazil 170,061
Costa Rica 168,870
Ecuador 116,461
Peru 97,508
Uruguay 43,774
Guatemala 34,158
Venezuela 16,823
Bolivia 16,343
Panama 13,732
Mexico 10,183
Paraguay 7,971
CuraΓ§ao 6,498
Honduras 3,442
El Salvador 1,883
Dominican Republic 779
French Guiana 72
Aruba 52
United States 44
Suriname 29
Falkland Islands 22
Nicaragua 21
Guyana 20
Netherlands 10
Bonaire 5
Greece 3
Antigua & Barbuda 2
Belgium 1
Dominica 1
United Kingdom 1
ZZ 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.