Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)

Other Names (World)
Plain-colored Seedeater, Plain-coloured Seedeater, Plain Seedeater

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From 2,500 - 3,500 m, occasionally up to 4,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) [XC834220]
by Niels Krabbe from Via Nevado del Ruiz, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia (song)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) [XC216217]
by Niels Krabbe from Quito, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Molecular data suggest that genus is part of a clade which includes Haplospiza, as well as Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor) and Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus) (but not other members of latter genus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

mucuchiesi Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 - p�ramos of M�rida, in western Venezuela.
minor von Berlepsch, 1885 - Western Venezuela (T�chira) south through Andes of Colombia (eastern and central ranges) and Ecuador to central Peru (Jun��n).
inornata (Lafresnaye, 1847) - Andes of south-western Peru (Cuzco and Puno) and extreme northern Chile (northern Tarapac�) east to central Bolivia and north-western Argentina (south to central Mendoza).
cordobensis Nores & Yzurieta, 1983 - North-central Argentina (C�rdoba).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) - 10 files

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