Sooty Grassquit

11.5-12.0 cm. Bill blackish gray, gape yellow-pink. Male is sooty gray, the back tinged olive, the underparts lighter. <The female is dull olive-sooty-brown, lighter below. Call unreported. Song a short warble of 5-7 notes lasting 0.8 sec. Frequency between 5000 and 10 000 Hz. Forages in trees Eucalyptus , bamboo, high grass and shrub. Uncommon in open areas with single trees, borders of forest remnants, gardens and parks, suburbs. Throughout. Widely distributed inland, closer to the coast at<8E>Guarau, Serra Itatins near <8E>Peruibe, Itirapua ^119 . In Estado Rio de Janeiro found at<8E>Barra da Tijuca G. Kirwan unpubl. and old records from<8E>Cantagalo ^40 . To 1500 meters 10397 Song, Petare, Caracas, Venezuela, LNS15538, recorded by P. Schwartz.: 3652 Song, Canteras del Este, Venezuela, LNS 15539. Recorded by P. Schwartz.: 6537 > Male: 5542 > Female: