Family: Emberizidae

Zonotrichia capensis;
Rufous-collared Sparrow;
Tico-tico.

Fringilla capensis MÜLLER 1776
Fringilla matutina LICHTENSTEIN 1823

Local subspecies:
Zonotrichia capensis matutina,
distributed in eastern and southern Brazil, and parts of Paraguay and Argentina.

References:
Hellmayr 1929, p. 300,
Hellmayr 1938, p. 571 ff.
Pinto and Camargo 1961, p. 279.


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Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
04/02/2010; Parambú, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. This individual was not shy, and I could approach it to a distance of about 3 meters.

The habitat was degraded secondary Caatinga, close to a reservoir. I also saw this sparrow on a dirt road in Parambú.

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Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
04/02/2010; Parambú, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.
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Figure 2. Details of head of the individual shown in fig. 1.

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