Species profile
Bridled Sparrow
Peucaea mystacalis
Quick answer
Arid central plateau of Mexico (Puebla to Oaxaca)
- Scientific name
- Peucaea mystacalis
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Peucaea
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Bridled Sparrow in your journal
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Related species in Passerellidae
- Abert's towhee (Melozone aberti)
- American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
- Antioquia Brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae)
- Apurimac Brushfinch (Atlapetes forbesi)
- Ashy-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus canigularis)
- Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis)
- Baird's Junco (Junco bairdi)
- Bairds Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii)