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| − | [[Image:Marsh_Seedeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73]] | + | [[Image:Marsh_Seedeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73 <br/>Location: Iber, Corrientes, Argentina |
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==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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| + | Voice: high-pitched whistles and ''chiuu'' sounds | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Uruguay]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Weet grassland and marshes | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Diet is exclusively the seedheads of grasses. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 15:16, 17 October 2007
- 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.
Voice: high-pitched whistles and chiuu sounds
Distribution
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Weet grassland and marshes
Behaviour
Diet is exclusively the seedheads of grasses.
