Lesser Seed Finch

It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas in tropical and subtropical South America, commonly known as the Tawa Tawa in local culture. It has been replaced west of the Andes by the closely related Thick-billed Seed-finch , in which the male lacks the chestnut belly of the male Chestnut-bellied Seed-finch. The two have often been considered conspecific as the Lesser Seed-finch, using the older scientific name O. angolensis.

The Lesser Seed Finch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The lesser seed finch (Oryzoborus Angolensis) is the most popular cage bird found primarily in Central & South America and some parts of the Caribbean. Its popularity in Brazil, Guyana and Trinidad are due mainly to the singing quality of these birds. In Brazil the lesser seed finch is referred to as, More

vues FMA340 — 8 décembre 2009 — Lesser Seed Finch in Trinidad & Tobago likes to dine on carrots regularly. FMA340 — 8 décembre 2009 — Lesser Seed Finch in Trinidad & Tobago likes to dine on carrots regularly. More

the Lesser Seed Finch and Great-Billed Seed Finch, the select group of the singing birds. They meet spread by Southeastern, Center-West and South regions of Brazil and also in Argentina. It belongs to Frigilidae Family. It is not a very social bird and normally is sighted alone next to the forests and grasslands. In the same way that Lesser Seed Finch, it song varies to one region to another, being marked for several “dialects”. More

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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Emberizidae
Genus : Oryzoborus
Species : angolensis
Authority : (Linnaeus, 1766)