Afterwards, he worked on some pioneering studies of the song of the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis).

"Fubá" is a type of maize flour, and "tico-tico" is the name of a bird, the rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis).

This distribution is similar to that of the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis), whose native range stretches from southern Mexico as far south as Cape Horn and is absent from all Caribbean islands except Hispaniola.

The Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola.

Tubaro, Pablo Luis (1990) Aspectos causales y funcionales de los patrones de variación del canto del chingolo (Zonotrichia capensis) ["Causal and functional aspects of variation patterns in the Red-collared Sparrow's song"].