Although the Five-striped Sparrow (Aimophila quinquestriata) is not uncommon in appropriate habitat in northern and western Mexico, and has occurred regularly in summer in southeastern Arizona since 1969, not much is known about its movements or true numbers. The A.O.U. (1983) called the species a "resident from southeastern Arizona south through eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua to central Sinaloa and western Durango; also in Jalisco," implying the species is non-migratory.