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[[Image:Half-collared Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Intervales|Intervales}}<br />[[Intervales State Park]], [[Brazil]], January 2010]]
 
[[Image:Half-collared Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Intervales|Intervales}}<br />[[Intervales State Park]], [[Brazil]], January 2010]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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'''Male''': Shows a yellow mandible (and overall bicolored bill), a broken breast band, broad and dark grey flanks and has no yellow at the shoulder area of the wing. <br />
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'''Female''': shows a broken breast band.
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====Similar Species====
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Half-collared Sparrow is very similar to [[Pectoral Sparrow]] but never shows the yellow shoulder of that species. Half-collared Sparrow is found south of and adjacent to the nominate form of Pectoral Sparrow which differ in flank color, mandible color, and in having a complete breast band (but Half-collared Sparrow is, except for lacking the yellow sholder, more similar in plumage to the northern forms of Pectoral Sparrow).
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Brazil]] (Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul)
 
[[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Brazil]] (Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul)
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This taxon is considered a subspecies of [[Pectoral Sparrow]] by some authors<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 
This taxon is considered a subspecies of [[Pectoral Sparrow]] by some authors<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Where adjacent to [[Pectoral Sparrow]], Half-collared Sparrow tends to be found at higher elevation.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Vocalizations: tends to start with some thin tseet notes followed by two long notes of a musical quality, the second in two syllables<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup>.
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
 
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#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCProp83.html SACC proposal] to split Half-collared Sparrow from Pectoral Sparrow
 
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==External Links==
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Arremon]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Arremon]]

Revision as of 17:54, 6 May 2010

Arremon semitorquatus
Photo by Intervales
Intervales State Park, Brazil, January 2010

Identification

Male: Shows a yellow mandible (and overall bicolored bill), a broken breast band, broad and dark grey flanks and has no yellow at the shoulder area of the wing.
Female: shows a broken breast band.

Similar Species

Half-collared Sparrow is very similar to Pectoral Sparrow but never shows the yellow shoulder of that species. Half-collared Sparrow is found south of and adjacent to the nominate form of Pectoral Sparrow which differ in flank color, mandible color, and in having a complete breast band (but Half-collared Sparrow is, except for lacking the yellow sholder, more similar in plumage to the northern forms of Pectoral Sparrow).

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pectoral Sparrow by some authors[2]

Habitat

Where adjacent to Pectoral Sparrow, Half-collared Sparrow tends to be found at higher elevation.

Behaviour

Vocalizations: tends to start with some thin tseet notes followed by two long notes of a musical quality, the second in two syllables[3].

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. SACC proposal to split Half-collared Sparrow from Pectoral Sparrow

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