Lesser Seed-Finch

12.5 cm. Bill black and very thick. Male bluish black with a dark chestnut colored breast and belly. Underwing linings and wing speculum white. <NThe female is brown above, more buffy below. Call "chi-ik" ^119 . Song a relatively slow, rambling and low pitched sequence of notes interspersed with high pitched trills vocalization 1 . Forages in scrub, trees and on the ground in pairs or single. Border of lakes and swamps, restinga scrub, forest edge. Throughout. Found at<8E>Maruja, Itapeva ^119 , also inland. Very rare due to persecution by bird trappers who are organized in clubs and stage singing competitions. I am therefore unwilling to divulge the locations at which I have encountered this species in Estado S<C4>o Paulo. Up to 1000 meters. Almost extinct due to the bird trade. 8925 Song. Rio Do<C8>e, MG, 11<10>4<10>00. Sunny, 25<91>C. Swamp edge, forest. With /Cacicus haemorrhous, Taraba maior .: 2104 > Male: 2930 > Female: