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Hooded siskin
Spinus magellanica
-34.8856, -54.8762
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Description:
The Hooded siskin is a small finch (predominantly seed-eating songbirds) native to South America. The male (depicted here) is the brightest coloured one. It can be yellow to olive green and has a black hood and darker back. The female lacks the hood and is more olive than yellow.
Habitat:
It inhabits woodland, savannahs, scrubland, farmland, parks and gardens. It occurs from sea-level up to 5000m. In eastern South America it is found from central Argentina north to central Brazil. In the Andean region it occurs from north-west Argentina and northern Chile north to central Colombia. There is an isolated population in south-east Venezuela, Guyana and the Brazilian state of Roraima.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2014
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