seedeater

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata inornata) Gathering seeds with one stuck in its chest.

White-collared Seedeater, female, seen next to her mister seedeater, in Ixtapa Mexico, near the crocodile exhibit.

Rusty-collared Seedeater (Sporophila collaris melanocephala)

These small seedeaters are migratory, breeding in the austral summer in the grasslands of south Brazil and spending the austral winter in the warmer savannas of central Brazil. This male was in his breeding territory in a wet ravine in Capo Alto, Santa Catarina state, Brazil.

Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens subsp. caerulescens) Male, species sexually dimorphic.

Had me stumped at the time this one. Didn't appear in any of the field guides, and turned out to be an as yet undescribed (albeit known about) species. Still not altogether sure which of the two scientific names proposed is or will be the official one.

Male.

Male.

Male.

Male.

Male.

Rusty-collared Seedeater (male) - Sporophila collaris

Rusty-collared Seedeater (female) - Sporophila collaris

White-bellied Seedeater (male) - Sporophila leucoptera

Buffy-fronted Seedeater - Sporophila frontalis

A female Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea).

Female eating.

Feeding the chick. Cute scene! I have to confess I almost cried to see life being perpetuated!

Taking grass' seeds.

from the Sporophila seedeater series...

This is seedeater section.

Seedeater section.

Just for the record, this will be seedeater section.