#double-collared seedeater

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[2991/11080] Double-collared seedeater - Sporophila caerulescens

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Thraupidae (tanagers)

Photo credit: Mathurin Malby via Macaulay Library

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January 12, 2020 - Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens)

These seedeaters are found across much of South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Colombia. They mostly eat grass seeds, including those from grass species introduced for cattle ranching. Breeding between December and May, females incubate the eggs alone but both parents care for the chicks.

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Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens) by BertrandoCampos A very widespread member of the Sporophila, the male Double-collared Seedeater is one of the most familiar and abundant seedeaters across the southern half of the continent. Females are probably largely indistinguishable from the same sex of several other congenerics, most notably the widely sympatric Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis), except in the latter case perhaps by bill color. These two species probably flock together regularly, e.g. in Brazil. Double-collared Seedeaters move farther north in the post-breeding season, when they also gather into large flocks, sometimes with Blue-black Grassquits (Volatinia jacarina), and have even been found as far north as southeast Colombia. The species has also wandered as far afield as the Falkland Islands. Brasil,Coleirinho,Double-collared Seedeater,Sporophila caerulescens,birds,nature,wildlife