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Female on the left, Male on the right
Photo by arthurgrosset
Aguas de Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Chrysomus ruficapillus

[edit] Identification

Male

• Mainly black
• Chestnut cap and throat
  

Female

• Dull olive brown
• Yellow throat

[edit] Distribution

South America: found from French Guiana and Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species has previously been thought to belong to the genus Agelaius.

[edit] Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. r. frontalis:

• French Guiana and eastern Brazil

• C. r. ruficapillus:

• South-eastern Bolivia to Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina

[edit] Habitat

Lowland marshes, reed beds and rice fields.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is built in a paddy field. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs which are incubated for 13 days. The young fledge about 14 days later.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Arthur Grosset
3. BioOne Online Journal

• List of references

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