Birds of Bolivia

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Genus: Asemospiza (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Sooty Grassquit
Sooty Grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa)
Fazenda Grotão, Brasília, DF, Brazil
  Darker than other birds in the genus. 		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Dull-colored Grassquit
Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
Aguas Calientes, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Male and female similar. The ancestor of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands.
A more uniform and browner individual from Colombia (race,age,breeding?).

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