Band-tailed Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

Male, which seems to have lost the central tail feather; the white spot is usually only visible from below
Photo by njlarsen
Putre (at 3500m), Northern Chile November 2009

Catamenia analis

Identification

Female
Photo by BirdsPeru
Chosica, Lima, Peru, October 2005

Male: Upperparts dark grey to bluish-grey, black in face (chin, front and around eye), white speculum, paler grey underparts, rufous vent, stubby, yellow, conical bill, white band at the base of the tail usually only visible from below or when the tail is spread.
Female is streaked, has reddish-brown on wings, and two pale wing bars.

Distribution

Juvenile Male (probably race analoides on range)
Photo by Peter de Haas
Huaraz, Peru, january 2007

Western South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 7 subspecies:

• C. a. alpica:

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

• C. a. schistaceifrons:

• Eastern Andes of central Colombia

• C. a. soederstromi:

• Andes of northern Ecuador (Imbabura to Chimborazo)

• C. a. insignis:

• Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Cajamarca to Ancash)

• C. a. analoides:

• Western slope of Andes of Peru (Piura to Ayacucho)

• C. a. griseiventris:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco)

• C. a. analis (subinsignis):

• Andes of northern Chile to central Bolivia and north-western Argentina

Habitat

High-altitude scrub and dry places at 2000-4000m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet mainly consists of seeds.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. Arthur Grosset
5. BF Member Observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-tailed Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-tailed_Seedeater

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