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Double-collared seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•Out of the breeding season, it's a gregarious bird. They generally make groups of 6 to 20 individuals and sometimes make mixed groups with other species.
•In the breeding season, the male and the female leave the group and start making a territory.
•They eat mainly seeds.

Habitat:

Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, heavily degraded former forest, urban areas
-I saw this bird in Itaipava (RJ, Brazil)

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