Double-collared Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

Male on the left; female on the right
Photo by arthurgrosset
Aguas de Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2004

Sporophila caerulescens

Identification

Male

• Grey white below
• Black face and upper throat
• Black stripe across upper breast

Female

• Dark upper bill and a yellow lower bill.

Distribution

Young male
Photo by JCL
Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2009

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• S. c. caerulescens:

• Bolivia to Paraguay, eastern Brazil (Par ), Uruguay and Argentina

• S. c. yungae:

• Northern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Beni)

• S. c. hellmayri:

• Eastern Brazil (Bahia)

Habitat

Farmland and semi open areas.

Behaviour

Breeding

They build a cup-shaped nest from thin grass roots and spiderweb. The clutch consists of 2 white or slightly green, eggs with dark and light brown spot. They are incubated by the female for 13-14 days. The young fledge 12-15 days later.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. goliath.ecnext.com

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Double-collared Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Double-collared_Seedeater

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