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The brown-rumped seedeater is typically 13 cm long. It is a uniform grey-brown with a small white supercilium, and has a plain (not streaked or spotted) breast with white under the chin. Its uniformity means its eponymous 'brown rump' is often not apparent. It feeds on some small seeds and grains in plants and other small shrubs.
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When to see the Brown-rumped Seedeater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown-rumped Seedeater
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown-rumped Seedeater
The brown-rumped seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the Ethiopian Highlands and Karkaar (Somaliland). It is widespread in towns, villages, gardens, plantations and upland heath.
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Easily confused with
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygiaThe white-rumped seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
Western CitrilCrithagra frontalisThe western citril, also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoniThe thick-billed seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
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