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Photographs on this page were taken by Sylvia Centrón, Kevin Guest (bushbirds.co.uk) and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
CHESTNUT SEEDEATER Sporophila cinnamomea
VULNERABLE MESOPOTAMIAN GRASSLANDS
Almost entirely rich, chestnut-brown, this distinctive seedeater is a rare sight, victim of a cagebird trade that mercilessly persecuted them at their breeding grounds in Brazil. He is a migrant in Paraguay, with individuals cropping up with mixed flocks of seedeaters in the strangest of places as they pass through the country - I even found one near the centre of the city of Encarnación in 2005!!!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3197PH) Adult male, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2012).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3198PH) Adult male, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2012).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3199PH) Adult male lateral view, Estancia La Graciela, Departamento Misiones (Hugo del Castillo January 2009).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3200PH) Adult male ventral view, location unknown (Silvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3201PH) Adult female, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Kevin Guest February 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3197PH) Adult male, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2012).
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