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WEDGE-TAILED GRASSFINCH Emberizoides herbicola
The Wedge-tailed Grassfinch is a strangely-proportioned bird, with a long tail, long neck, small head and pot belly his jizz is quite unlike any other species - except of course his close relative the Lesser Grassfinch. He inhabits tall grass meadows where he can be difficult to see for most of the day, except for when he decideds to sit up and deliver his daily concerto. Fortunately his voice is very different from that of the Lesser Grassfinch which helps clinch his ID.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1144PH) Adult dorsal view, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1179PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1144PH) (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1180PH) Adult ventral view, Campo Llano, Departamento Misiones (Sylvia Centrón March 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1181PH) Adult dorsal view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis July 2010).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1182PH) Adult ventral view, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Sylvia Centrón March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE4044PH) Adult ventral, Villa Florida, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith November 2013).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE1183PH) Adult dorsal view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE1184PH) Adult, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE1185PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 10 - (FPAVE1186PH) Subadult ventral view, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 11 - (FPAVE1187PH) Juvenile, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 12 - (FPAVE1188PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 13 - (FPAVE1189PH) Nest, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1190VI) Adult calling, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith September 2010).
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Emberizoides herbicola
1 (FPAVE1191RE) Song  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett May 1997).
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