Olive sparrow
Arremonops rufivirgatus
Identification Tips:
- Conical bill
- Brown stripes on olive crown
- Gray supercilium
- Dark eyeline
- Plain olive upperparts
- Grayish-white underparts
- Sexes similar
- Juvenile (Summer) buffier than adult with some streaking below
- United States range restricted to southern Texas
Similar species:
The Olive Sparrow is the only sparrow with plain olive upperparts. It
might be confused with the Green-tailed Towhee but lacks a rusty cap and is
much smaller.