Sooty Grassquit
Asemospiza fuliginosa
Small nondescript finchlike bird found at humid forest edges and in shrubby and grassy areas. Males are sooty black with a gray bill. Females are dark brown above and pale brown below with a brownish bill. The song is a buzzy “ezz’u’da’liu.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Asemospiza fuliginosa
- Authority
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Asemospiza
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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