Double-collared Seedeater
Familiar and abundant...in Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and
Uruguay and also south Colombia.
Sporophila caerulescens
(L 4.25")
Itatiaia Nat’l Park
18Oct2017
Sporophia in Greek means seed
loving; caerulescens in Latin
means blue.
Migrating by photoperiod can be
calamitous to birds when their
timing with flowers, insects and
seeds is disrupted by climate
change.
(R Lederer and C Burr)
© Juan I
Areta
Macaulay
Library