Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Catamenia (3 species, 3 worldwide)


Band-tailed Seedeater
Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis schistaceifrons)
Guasca, Cundinamarca, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Band-tailed Seedeater
Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis) Female
Huacarpay Lake, Peru   		   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.
Usually found in wetlands (Colombia) to dry arid areas further south. Note white band on upper undertail. Compare to slightly larger Band-tailed Sierra Finch with same tail band.
Immature. Upper bill (culmen) more rounded than [Plain-colored Seedeater], but indentification still not 100% certain.

Paramo Seedeater
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa) Male
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Paramo Seedeater
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa) Female
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Usually found at the treeline below the paramo.

Plain-colored Seedeater
Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata minor) Male
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain-colored Seedeater
Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata minor) Female
Nevado del Ruiz, Caldas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Usually seen in the paramo, at higher altitudes than the Paramo Seedeater.

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