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Tiaris fuliginosa
Photo by Doctorr_BP
Photo taken: Parque Municipal da Concórdia Valença, RJ, Brazil.

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.

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forest and woodland edges as well as clearings and grassy scrub.

Behaviour

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