Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Asemospiza (2 species)


Sooty Grassquit
Sooty Grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa)
Range: SA: Venezuela and Trinidad to e Bolivia, ne, c Brazil and ne Argentina
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)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Argentina
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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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba