Double-collared Seedeater - Sporophila caerulescens

Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens

Brazilian name: coleirinho

Brazil

The male Double-collared Seedeater, seen here in photos 1, 3 and 4 has a black face, upper throat and stripe across its upper breast. The rest of his underparts are greyish-white with a hint of yellow.

The female is much less distinctive and looks like many other female seedeaters. However, the female Double-collared has a bicoloured bill with a darkish upper bill and a yellow lower bill.

They are found from Bolivia and central Brazil to central Argentina and are fairly common in semi-open areas and farmland. They migrate northwards to Amazonia during the southern winter.

Male Double-collared Seedeater, Aguas de São Pedro, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor , Volume 1, Plate 26; and in Sick, Page 604.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.

Male Double-collared Seedeater, Parque do Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

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