Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens

Brazilian name: coleirinho

Male  Double-collared Seedeater, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image 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.

Female  Double-collared Seedeater, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image 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.

See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

Male  Double-collared Seedeater, Aguas de São Pedro, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image
Double-collared Seedeater, Ninho de Cambacica, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
Double-collared Seedeater, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
Male Double-collared Seedeater, Parque do Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image
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