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| − | [[Image:Marsh_Seedeater.jpg|thumb| | + | ;[[:Category:Sporophila|Sporophila]] palustris |
| + | [[Image:Marsh_Seedeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73 <br/>Location: [[Esteros del Ibera]], Corrientes, [[Argentina]] ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | White throat, cheeks and upper breast, reddish-brown underparts and rump. Grey neck and crown, dark grey wings and tail with a white patch at the base of the primaries. Females are dull brown. | |
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Uruguay]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Wet grassland and marshes | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | '''Diet''': is exclusively the seedheads of grasses.<br> | ||
| + | '''Voice''': high-pitched whistles and ''chiuu'' sounds | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | {{GSearch|Sporophila+palustris}} | |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sporophila]] |
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- Sporophila palustris
Identification
White throat, cheeks and upper breast, reddish-brown underparts and rump. Grey neck and crown, dark grey wings and tail with a white patch at the base of the primaries. Females are dull brown.
Distribution
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Wet grassland and marshes
Behaviour
Diet: is exclusively the seedheads of grasses.
Voice: high-pitched whistles and chiuu sounds
