Oryzoborus funereus . Bird belonging to the species of O. funereus (Sclater, 1859), passerine of the Emberizidae family that lives in tropical America. Common species on the edges of humid forests, shrubby fields and grasslands. Also known as the thick-billed seedeater (Oryzoborus funereus) also called thick-billed seedeater and thick-billed rice seedeater. It measures an average of about 11.5 cm long. It builds its nests — elaborate bowls of fine rootlets, grasses, and hair — in bushes or tree branches.
Summary
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- 1 Geographic distribution
- 2 He lives
- 3 Etymology of the name
- 4 Physical description
- 5 Sources
- 6 external links
Geographical distribution
Distributed from the slope of the Gulf in southern Mexico (from Veracruz ), along the Caribbean slope of Belize , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , and also on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama (including the Pearl and Coiba islands) , north and west of Colombia , eastward to extreme northwestern Venezuela , and southward through the valleys of the three Andean chains to southwestern Colombia and along the Pacific slope to southwestern Ecuador .
Habitat
Common species on edges of humid forests, bushy fields, and grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees, second growth, and tall grasses; it is more arboreal than other seedbeds. From lowlands to 1100 m altitude, generally below 500 m.
name etymology
The female generic name Sporophila is a combination of the Greek words “sporos”: seed, and “philos”: lover; and the name of the species “funerea” comes from the Latin “funereus” which means ‘funeral’.
Also known as the thick-billed seedeater (Oryzoborus funereus) also called thick-billed seedeater and thick-billed rice-eater, it is a species of passerine bird of the Emberizidae family that inhabits tropical America.
Physical description
It feeds mainly on grains , but also on fruits and insects . The breeding season is from April to September. It builds its nests—bowls made of fine rootlets, grasses, and hair—in bushes or tree branches, from 0.8 to 2.5 m high. The female lays two white eggs with brown and lilac spots.
It measures on average about 11.5 cm long. It is very similar in appearance to the variable seedeater (Sporophila aurita), but differs from it essentially by its larger, stronger, and more conical beak.
The male is almost completely black, except for a small white spot on the wing and the base of the inner primary feathers, also white and only visible in flight. The female is reddish brown, lighter in the ventral region, similar to the female of the unicolor seedling (Amaurospiza concolor) but larger.
It is common in areas of scrub and grasslands with a warm humid climate, where it feeds mainly on grains, but also on fruits and insects. It inhabits from the slope of the Gulf in southern Mexico, in Central America, western Colombia and Ecuador.
It is replaced in the west (Valle del Cauca and the Andes) by its close relative, O. angolensis, with which it was considered cospecific.
The breeding season is from April to September. It builds its nests—bowls made of fine rootlets, grasses, and hair—in bushes or tree branches, from 0.8 to 2.5 m high. The female lays two white eggs with brown and lilac spots.
