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Photo taken: Parque Municipal da Concórdia Valença, RJ, Brazil.

Tiaris fuliginosus

[edit] Identification

Male is sooty black; female is dull olive brown above and brighter olive-brown below moving to whitish in the centre of the belly.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia, northern and south eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and eastern Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.
The scientific name has been spelled fuliginosa in the past.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and woodland edges as well as clearings and grassy scrub.

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