Buffy-fronted Seedeater
Sporophila frontalis
Large finchlike bird with a strong bill with obviously curved mandibles. Males have a distinctive face pattern—a gray head with a broken pale eyebrow, and a prominent pale mustache and throat. Olive-brown above and gray below with two pale wingbars. Females have no facial marks and are olive-brown overall with two indistinct cinnamon wingbars. Found at the forest edge and in second growth where it is largely dependent on bamboo patches.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Sporophila frontalis
- Authority
- (Verreaux, J, 1869)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Sporophila
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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Gray apalis with a distinct rufous throat. Found in the canopy of montane forest and adjacent secondary growth. Usually in pairs, and readily joins mixed-species feeding flocks. The distinctive song is a vibrant trill that sounds like the ringing of a small telephone. This trill is often doubled. Similar to female Buff-throated Apalis, but has a more clearly defined rufous throat and gray rather than white underparts.
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Pseudoseisura lophotes
Large ovenbird with rusty-brown plumage, a long crest, and piercing yellow eyes. Found in deciduous forest, second growth, and open woodland. Often also encountered in wooded urban areas like gardens and parks, where it mostly forages on the ground. The song is usually given as an unmusical duet.
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