- Sporophila murallae
Identification
11 cm
Male
- Black upperparts
- White underparts
- White streaked black rump
- White wing bars
- Small white wing-speculum
- Black chest band
- Grey mottled flanks
- Black bill
Female
- Buff-olive upperparts
- Pale olive-ochre underparts
- Brown bill
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and eastern Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This population has in the past been considered intermediate between Variable Seedeater and Wing-barred Seedeater and therefore thought to be a hybrid population, but that was recently shown not to be the case. Caqueta Seedeater is supposed to be part of a complex containing the above mentioned two species and Gray Seedeater.
Habitat
Shrubs near lakes and rivers, open humid grassland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds, stems, leaves and fruits.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- SACC proposal to recognize Caqueta Seedeater
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Caqueta Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Caqueta_Seedeater
