The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 431 · seb_species_0431

Marsh Seedeater

sporophila palustris

Emberizidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

10 cm. Male crown and back gray. Rump rufous chestnut. Wings blackish with white edgings and speculum. Throat and chest white. Belly rufous. <NThe female is brown above, buffy white below. Call a descending "ziee". Forages in high grass. Migrant in October<10>November ^119 . Wet meadows, tall grass marshes. Extralimital. To be expected to show up as a migrant in October<10>November. To 1100 meters Possibly only a color phase of /Sporophila ruficollis ^133 . Deserves endangered status ^133 . 7131 Calls, November 23, 2002, Santo Thome, Corrientes, Argentina, open wet meadow and marsh land, 220C, sunny, very windy.: 7691 > Male: 4622 > Female:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

10 cm. Male crown and back gray. Rump rufous chestnut. Wings blackish with white edgings and speculum. Throat and chest white. Belly rufous. <NThe female is brown above, buffy white below.

Voice

Call a descending "ziee".

Behavior

Forages in high grass.

Habitat and status

Migrant in October<10>November ^119 . Wet meadows, tall grass marshes.

Distribution

Extralimital. To be expected to show up as a migrant in October<10>November. To 1100 meters

Additional notes

Possibly only a color phase of /Sporophila ruficollis ^133 . Deserves endangered status ^133 .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero)
  • Disc 2 not in this release's bird list
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

sporophila palustris

Marsh Seedeater

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

CLEMENTS

sporophila palustris

Marsh Seedeater

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

AOU_HM

sporophila palustris

Marsh Seedeater

Emberizidae

Emberizine Sparrows

Recordings

7131.mp3

7131 Calls, November 23, 2002, Santo Thome, Corrientes, Argentina, open wet meadow and marsh land, 220C, sunny, very windy.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/7131.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Marsh Seedeater
7691.jpg
7691 > Male
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/7691.jpg
Historical image associated with Marsh Seedeater
4622.jpg
4622 > Female
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 3.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/4622.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0431
Account ID
seb_account_0431
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
seb_species_0431
Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above