Breeding male © Dorian Anderson eBird S46926770 Macaulay Library ML 112811541
Female/immature male © Stephen Gast
Female/immature male © Charly Moreno Taucare 🥉
Molting male © VERONICA ARAYA GARCIA
© Roger Ahlman
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© Igor Lazo - CORBIDI/COAP/PAU

Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco

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Identification

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Fairly common in desert lowlands, favoring agricultural fields, weedy and grassy areas, and brushy hedgerows; often sings from prominent perches such as utility wires. Note small size but with a very stout, stubby bill. Male plumage variable; clean whitish and slate-gray overall with dark rusty chin in full breeding plumage, but often messy and mottled. Female is drab pale buffy with a streaked back; note her big, stubby pinkish bill.

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