Bird name:

White-collared Seedeater

Sporophila torqueola

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Code 4

WCSE

Code 6

SPOTOR

ITIS

179201

Breeding Location:

Bushes and shrubs

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare

Egg Color:

Pale blue to gray with brown marks at large end

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Sticks, roots, plant stems, grass and hair

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

White-collared Seedeater: Small finch with short, thick curved bill, yellow-gray overall with black head, wings, and tail and gray back. Wings show two white bars. Female is duller with buff underparts and olive-brown to red-brown upperparts, wings, and tail.

Range and Habitat

White-collared Seedeater: Native of Mexico and Central America with a small nesting range in southern Texas.

Breeding and Nesting

White-collared Seedeater: Two to four pale blue to gray eggs with brown marks at larger end are laid in a nest of sticks, plant stems and grass lined with hair three to five feet above the ground in small trees or bushes. Eggs are incubated for 13 days by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

White-collared Seedeater: Eats seeds and insects foraged from ground.

Readily Eats

Millet, Commercial Mixed Bird Seed

Vocalization

White-collared Seedeater: High pitched series of notes follwed by a series of low notes.

Similar Species

White-collared Seedeater: Has a short conical bill that distinguishes it from sparrows and finches of similar size.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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