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.

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) [XC220558]
by Jonas Nilsson from Cruz Conga area, Cajamarca, Peru (song)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) [XC259874]
by Mitch Lysinger from Cotopaxi: Laguna de Limpiopungo, 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
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Files:

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

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