Plain-colored Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Robert Scanlon
nearr Manizales, Colombia, March 2006

Catamenia inornata

Identification

13·5–14·5 cm (5¼-5¾ in)
As the name suggests, a rather plain grey finch

• Pinkish-orange conical bill
  

Male has grey overall plumage, darker wings and paler underparts
Female: is streaked brown

Similar Species

Juvenile, subspecies minor
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Chulec, Junín, Peru, August 2017

Band-tailed Seedeater has white in the wings and tail, lacking in the Plain-colored Seedeater. No other seedeater in the area has a pink bill.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. i. minor:

• Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (Junín)

• C. i. mucuchiesi:

• Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida)

• C. i. inornata:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco) to Bolivia, Chile and north-western Argentina

Habitat

Open highland grassland and shrubby areas to at least 3800m

Behaviour

Diet

They forage on or near the ground for seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
4. Neotropical Birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Plain-colored Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plain-colored_Seedeater

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