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Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, Rebecca Zarza, José Luis Cartes and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
RUSTY-COLLARED SEEDEATER Sporophila collaris
Attractively painted in black, white and orange the “Domino” as the Paraguayans call him, is one of the easiest of the seedeaters to identify. Even females, usually such a headache for birders, are so warmly-coloured and boldly-marked on the wing as to be instantly recognisable. The Rusty-collared Seedeater isn't as gregarious as most of his congeners, he prefers to go it alone, though odd birds may loosely associate with other species in their grassy wetland habitat.
FIGURE 1 - Adult male ventral view, Centre de Recherche, Ruta Trans-Chaco km293 (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Adult male dorsal view, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 3 - Adult male, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 5 - Adult female, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 6 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 7 - Juvenile male lateral view, location unknown (José Luis Cartes undated).
FIGURE 8 Same individual ventral view  (José Luis Cartes undated).
FIGURE 9 - Pair, Centre de Recherche, Ruta Trans-Chaco km293 (Paul Smith October 2007).
VIDEO - Singing male, Ruta Trans-Chaco km406 (Paul Smith October 2007).
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