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