White-browed Blackbird

18 cm. Male in worn summer plumage is black above. Post-ocular stripe white. Throat and breast bright red. Belly black. Freshly moulted, the male has buff feather tips on the back and belly. <NThe female is light buffy with a buff superciliary. Central crown stripe dark brown. Upperparts buffy, streaked dark brown. Underparts light buff, the flanks and chest streaked black. Call a "tseck", song in Estado Rio de Janeiro a "tik-zzzzzzzzzeeee-zak" repeated frequently. vocalizaton 1 . Sings with parachute display or from a fence post. Forages on the ground on road sides and grassy areas in flocks, during breeding season in pairs. Breeder Relatively common in cultured areas, pastures, farm land, rice fields, apparently expanding. Perches in trees and on wires. Estado Rio de Janeiro Reserva Ecol<D4>gica Guapiac<DB>, Angra dos Reis, etc. At the coast into Estado S<C4>o Paulo where found at<8E>Tremembe, Ipanema, and further inland ^119 . To 1000 meters. 4715 Song, 20 October 2001. Reserva Ecol<D4>gica Guapiac<DB>, Estado Rio de Janeiro, pastures, sunny, 28<91>C.: 7595 Call, 20 October 2001. Reserva Ecol<D4>gica Guapiac<DB>, Estado Rio de Janeiro, pastures, 28<91>C, sunny.: 10041 > Summer male: 6129 > Fall male: 11897 > Summer female: 5616 Sonogram: 5175 . Sturnella superciliaris. Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, photo by Fritz Mueller.: 2016 . Sturnella superciliaris, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, photo by Fritz Mueller.: