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Loica
Sturnella defilippi
-36.8933, -64.2173
Field Notes
Description:
Identification:21 cm. Striking icterid. Male upperparts and most underparts black, edged brown. Bright red supraloral stripe, throat and breast. Cream eyebrow. Black underwing-coverts. Female much browner and more streaked, with pinky-red centre to belly and buffy throat.
This species has a small and declining population within a restricted range. Landscape conversion for agriculture is causing rapid declines in the area of suitable habitat, with inevitable impacts on population size. However, recent surveys have found higher densities than previously thought within breeding areas. It currently qualifies as Vulnerable. (www.birdlife.org)
Habitat:
It inhabits natural grasslands (vegetation height of 29-45 cm), including land abandoned for 5-15 (or more) years. Some birds breed and winter in planted pastures and cultivated fields with a similar vegetation structure. (www.birdlife.org)
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