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Subspecies intermedia
Photo by iainp
Andes, Venezuela, April 2010
Sporophila intermedia

Identification

Distribution

Trinidad and South America
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
On a local scale, Gray Seedeater and Wing-barred Seedeater seems to exclude each others presence.

Taxonomy

Gray Seedeater, Variable Seedeater, Wing-barred Seedeater, and Caqueta Seedeater are best viewed as a superspecies of closely related species.

Subspecies[1]

  • S. i. bogotensis (agustini):
  • Colombia (Western Andes, Magdalena and Cauca valleys)
  • S. i. anchicayae:
  • Colombia (valley of the Río Anchicayá in Valle)
  • S. i. intermedia:

Habitat

Urban and rural regions.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. SACC proposal to recognize Caqueta Seedeater

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