Double-collared Seedeater

11 cm. The male has a greenish yellow bill. Back gray with an olive tinge. Wings and tail dark brown-gray. Upper throat black, bordered on the sides by a white streak and below by a white cross band which is bordered by a black pectoral band. Underparts white. <NThe female has a dusky maxilla and a yellow mandible. Olive brown upperparts, lighter underparts becoming white on the belly. Call "zik". Song variable, about 7-12 notes building a strophe that is many times repeated see vocalizations 1-3 . Similar to the song of /Sporophila nigricollis . Forages on the ground or in scrub and bushes in pairs or groups. Common in open country with bushes, gardens, forest borders, swamps, gallery forest edge. Throughout, up to 1500 meters 8342 Picinguaba, near Ubatuba, 11<10>19<10>98 Clear, 30<91>C. Open swamp within forest.: 11089 Song. Rio Escuro, near Ubatuba, 10<10>13<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest border.: 8226 Song, December 31, 2004, Hotel Simon, Itatiaia, near Resende, Estado RJ. 25<91>C, some clouds, no wind.: 8757 Song, October 21, 2001, Reserva Ecol<D4>gica Guapiac<DB>, Estado Rio de Janeiro. 28<91>C, cloudy and humid.: 11121 > Male: 3466 > Female: