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[[Image:24358luiz4 resize.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Doctorr_BP<br />Photo taken: Parque Municipal da Concórdia Valença, RJ, [[Brazil]].]]
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[[Image:Cigarra-do-coqueiro10.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Xyko Paludo}}<br />Joinville, SC, [[Brazil]], November 2018 ]]
;[[:Category:Tiaris|Tiaris]] fuliginosus
 
  
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;[[:Category:Asemospiza|Asemospiza]] fuliginosa
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''Tiaris fuliginosus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Male is sooty black;  female is dull olive brown above and brighter olive-brown below moving to whitish in the centre of the belly.  
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[[Image:Sooty Grassquit 9791es.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Dave+B+Smith|Dave B Smith}}<br />Heights of Aripo, [[Trinidad]], February 2011]]
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10–11·4 cm (4-4½ in)
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Male
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*Sooty black overall plumage
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*Orange tints to back plumage
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*Dark bill
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**Yellow to orange-red gape
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*Dark legs<br />
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Female is dull olive brown above and brighter olive-brown below moving to whitish in the centre of the belly.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Colombia]], northern and south eastern [[Venezuela]], [[Trinidad]], Guiana, and eastern [[Brazil]].
 
[[Colombia]], northern and south eastern [[Venezuela]], [[Trinidad]], Guiana, and eastern [[Brazil]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.<br />
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
The scientific name has been spelled ''fuliginosa'' in the past.
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This species has in the past been placed in genus ''[[:Category:Tiaris|Tiaris]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forest and woodland edges as well as clearings and grassy scrub.
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Forest and woodland edges; burnt areas in secondary growth, as well as clearings and grassy scrub.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They specialise on seeding bamboo.
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====Breeding====
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It is believed they time their breeding season to the availability of bamboo seeds.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Tiaris+fuliginos}}
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{{GSearch|Grassquit+fuliginos*}}
  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tiaris]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Asemospiza]]

Latest revision as of 01:25, 20 August 2021

Male
Photo © by Xyko Paludo
Joinville, SC, Brazil, November 2018
Asemospiza fuliginosa

Tiaris fuliginosus

Identification

Female
Photo © by Dave B Smith
Heights of Aripo, Trinidad, February 2011

10–11·4 cm (4-4½ in) Male

  • Sooty black overall plumage
  • Orange tints to back plumage
  • Dark bill
    • Yellow to orange-red gape
  • Dark legs

Female is dull olive brown above and brighter olive-brown below moving to whitish in the centre of the belly.

Distribution

Colombia, northern and south eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and eastern Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species has in the past been placed in genus Tiaris.

Habitat

Forest and woodland edges; burnt areas in secondary growth, as well as clearings and grassy scrub.

Behaviour

Diet

They specialise on seeding bamboo.

Breeding

It is believed they time their breeding season to the availability of bamboo seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)

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