Capped Seedeater
sporophila bouvreuil
Emberizidae · Emberizine Sparrows
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The account
Description
10 cm. Male cinnamon brown, underparts lighter. Cap, wings and tail black, the wing with a white speculum, the primaries with buffy margins.
Females and immatures are olive-brown above and dark buffy below. Belly yellowish-white.
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Male Disc 3 · 2006 -
Female Disc 3 · 2006
Each plate is labelled with the disc's own caption.
Where it was recorded
The discs' own checklists select Capped Seedeater at 2 localities.
How the map was made
The original program computed each red dot at display time from the locality's coordinates, using its map library and one of five base maps drawn for the screen widths of the day. That library's projection — an oblique rotation of the sphere about the map's own centre, 23.7°S 47.4°W — was read from the program and checked against the graticule the same program drew into the base maps: it reproduces every grid intersection to within about a pixel. The dots here use that projection on the 1280-pixel base map, with the coordinates the discs record. Nothing was placed by hand, no modern map data was used, and a place whose coordinate is incomplete, out of range or beyond the map's edge is listed rather than guessed.
The discs carried location maps only; none shows a distribution or range.
The account, continued
Voice
Call 'zi' or 'ziu', 'zi-e' (Vocalizations # 1,3 and 5). Song a sequence of 6-8 notes usually arranged as double notes 'zisi zisi sihe etc.' (Vocalizations # 2,4,and 6).
Behavior
Forages in high grass, in scrub and on the ground in small groups.
Breeding
The males of the subspecies crypta (farinha secca area of Rio de Janeiro) breed while still in the immature plumage (40).
Habitat and status
Common in protected areas of the interior, almost extinct closer to the coast due to capturing and habitat destruction. Found in cerrado, campo sujo, tall grass areas and savannahs.
Distribution
Originally throughout, up to 1100 meters (133). In Estado São Paulo found mostly inland, e.g at Itapetininga, Itirapina, Conde do Pinhal (near Espiritu Santo de Pinhal), Aguas de Santa Barbara, Tremembe (119). In Estado Rio de Janeiro found at Nova Friburgo, Cantagalo, (40) ,Rio de Janeiro (164).
Taxonomy notes
The subspecies saturata from the southern area of Estado São Paulo (Vila Ema, Ipiranga, Mogi das Cruzes) which was much darker chestnut is now apparently extinct (119).
Decoded from the disc's own bytes. Each part is shown under the heading the disc files it under, and the wording, spelling and punctuation are the author's.
Vocalizations
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Calls. Serra da Canastra, 11/11/98. Sunny, 25°C. Campo, relatively high grassy plains. With Rhynchotus rufescens.
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Song, December 20, 2002, Itirapina, Estado São Paulo. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.
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Calls, January 20, 2001. Marau, Bahia. With Turdus rufiventris singing. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.
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Song, Serra da Canastra, MG, LNS 113420, recorded by C. Marantz.
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Calls, Serra da Canastra, MG, LNS 115421. recorded by C. Marantz.
Recording files on the disc
- 9263.mp3 Calls. Serra da Canastra, 11/11/98. Sunny, 25°C. Campo, relatively high grassy plains. With Rhynchotus rufescens.
- 27.mp3 Song, December 20, 2002, Itirapina, Estado São Paulo. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.
- 6002.mp3 Calls, January 20, 2001. Marau, Bahia. With Turdus rufiventris singing. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.
- 10737.mp3 Song, Serra da Canastra, MG, LNS 113420, recorded by C. Marantz.
- 10567.mp3 Calls, Serra da Canastra, MG, LNS 115421. recorded by C. Marantz.
Across the three discs
The work was published on three discs — Disc 2 in 2001, Disc 3 in 2006 and Disc 1 in 2011. Where they differ, that is a difference between historical releases, and it is never merged away. The 2011 disc is not treated as correcting the earlier ones.
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1
The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
The account in the Disc 1 · 2011 revision
The 2011 Disc 1 revision edited this account; the sections listed below differ from the Disc 3 release text.
Sections with genuine 2011 edits (vs the Disc 3 release): distribution.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
10 cm. Male cinnamon brown, underparts lighter. Cap, wings and tail black, the wing with a white speculum, the primaries with buffy margins.
Females and immatures are olive-brown above and dark buffy below. Belly yellowish-white.
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Call 'zi' or 'ziu', 'zi-e' (Vocalizations # 1,3 and 5). Song a sequence of 6-8 notes usually arranged as double notes 'zisi zisi sihe etc.' (Vocalizations # 2,4,and 6).
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Forages in high grass, in scrub and on the ground in small groups.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
The males of the subspecies crypta (farinha secca area of Rio de Janeiro) breed while still in the immature plumage (40).
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Common in protected areas of the interior, almost extinct closer to the coast due to capturing and habitat destruction. Found in cerrado, campo sujo, tall grass areas and savannahs.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Originally throughout, up to 1100 meters (133). In Estado São Paulo found mostly inland, e.g at Itapetininga, Itirapina, Conde do Pinhal (near Espiritu Santo de Pinhal), Aguas de Santa Barbara, Tremembe (119). In Estado Rio de Janeiro found at Nova Friburgo, Cantagalo, (40) ,Rio de Janeiro (164).
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
The subspecies saturata from the southern area of Estado São Paulo (Vila Ema, Ipiranga, Mogi das Cruzes) which was much darker chestnut is now apparently extinct (119).
The work's own taxonomy
The discs carried three parallel name schemes. All three are shown as recovered; none is a modern taxonomy and none has been updated.
| Scheme | Scientific name | English name | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORLD | sporophila bouvreuil | Capped Seedeater | Emberizidae |
| CLEMENTS | sporophila bouvreuil | Capped Seedeater | Emberizidae |
| AOU_HM | sporophila bouvreuil | Capped Seedeater | Emberizidae |
Source details
- Identifier on this site
- seb_species_0428
- Account identifier
- seb_account_0428
- Account number on the disc
- 428
- Source edition
- CD03 / 2006 package
- Original taxonomy scheme
- WORLD
- Structure status
- heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative