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==Identification==
 
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A wide variety of habitats from pantanal, river edges, moist shrubland and city parks.
 
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Their varied diet consists of seeds, berries, shoots and also insects.
 
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Revision as of 23:07, 17 December 2014

Photo by Pantanal1
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2007
Paroaria capitata

Identification

16·5 cm

  • Pinkish-yellow bill
  • Red cap
  • Black bib
  • White collar which almost meets at the back of the neck

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Introduced on the Island of Hawaii.

Taxonomy

Juvenile
Photo by bobsofpa
Keauhou, Hawaii, USA, January 2012

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • P. c. capitata:
  • P. c. fuscipes:
  • South-eastern Bolivia (Fortín Campero region in Tarija)

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats from pantanal, river edges, moist shrubland and city parks.

Behaviour

Diet

Their varied diet consists of seeds, berries, shoots and also insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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