TAWNY-BELLIED SEEDEATER Sporophila hypoxantha
Of the "Cappucinos" or "Chestnut Seedeaters" the Tawny-bellied is the most common. In fact it is the only member of this distinctive group of seedeaters that isn´t under some kind of global conservation threat! Unlike the other "Cappucinos" it is a resident species, but during the migration period several species may be seen together in large mixed Seedeater flocks. Special care is required to separate this species from the much rarer Rufous-rumped Seedeater, a darker species which otherwise shares the same basic pattern.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2780PH) Adult male ventral, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Frank Fragano 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2781PH) Same individual dorsal view (Frank Fragano 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2782PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2783PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2784PH) Adult female, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2785PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2786VI) Flock drinking, near Vallemí, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011)
Note that the male in (FPAVE2782PH) and (FPAVE2783PH) has lost his tail feathers.
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