Sporophila caerulescens (Vieillot, 1823)

Fernandez, Juan Manuel, Thomann, Luz, Fandiño, Blas, Cajade, Rodrigo & Hernando, Alejandra, 2021, An annotated checklist of birds of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes province, Argentina, Check List 17 (2), pp. 415-443 : 438

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.415

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9278B873-FFE9-FFAC-DD93-20CEFBE31695

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scientific name

Sporophila caerulescens (Vieillot, 1823)
status

 

Sporophila caerulescens (Vieillot, 1823) View in CoL Figure 9H

New records. ARGENTINA • 3♀; Corrientes, La Cruz ,

Paraje Tres Cerros; 29°09′35′′S, 056°51′57′′W. We saw males and females in pairs, foraging on grass seeds, usually perching on vegetation.

Identification. Small. The throat superficially resembles that of S. lineola (Linnaeus, 1758) but bill yellowish in S. caerulescens . Males with gray upperparts, a dark throat bordered by a black and white band across the breast; crown and face gray.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thraupidae

Genus

Sporophila

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