Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone kieneri)

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Subject:	Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone kieneri)
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Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone kieneri)

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Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow (Melozone kieneri)

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Taken in the national park outside Guadalajara, Mexico.
Endemic to west Mexico. According to Mark Pretti of Mark Pretti Nature Tours, no other sparrow in Mexico, or any other bird for that matter, has that pattern and color combination around the head.

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