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Paroaria capitata
Photo by Pantanal1
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Identification

  • Pinkish-yellow bill
  • Red cap
  • Black bib
  • White collar which almost meets at the back of the neck

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Introduced on the Island of Hawaii.

Taxonomy

Juvenile
Photo by bobsofpa
Keauhou, Hawaii, USA, January 2012

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • P. c. capitata:
  • P. c. fuscipes:
  • South-eastern Bolivia (Fortín Campero region in Tarija)

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats from pantanal, river edges, moist shrubland and city parks.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset

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