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ShrublandCup nestTiny · 10 g
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It is a dimorphic species, with the male having a gray head and back, a black-collared throat, paired with a black band just below, across the upper whitish breast. It has gray legs, a medium length tail, and the stout bill for seed-eating. The female is less colorful.
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When to see the Double-collared Seedeater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Double-collared Seedeater
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Falkland Islands.
About the Double-collared Seedeater
The double-collared seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Easily confused with
Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funereaThe thick-billed seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae.
Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaThe ruddy-breasted seedeater is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueolaThe cinnamon-rumped seedeater is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus Sporophila.
Side by side: Double-collared Seedeater vs Variable Seedeater
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