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Paramo Seedeater

Catamenia homochroa

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 12 g
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 1
Photo: Josh Noseworthy · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 2
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 3
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 4
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 5
Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 6
Photo: Amber M. King · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 7
Photo: Amber M. King · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 8
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 9
Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa), photo 10
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

What the Paramo Seedeater sounds like

Sonogram of the Paramo Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Paramo Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Loma Yanayacu Polylepis forest, Volcán Pichincha, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Paramo Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Loma Yanayacu Polylepis forest, Volcán Pichincha, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Paramo Seedeater

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Paramo Seedeater

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia

About the Paramo Seedeater

The paramo seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) Plain-colored SeedeaterCatamenia inornataThe plain-colored seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis) Band-tailed SeedeaterCatamenia analisThe band-tailed seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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