Wedge-tailed Grass-finch
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The Wedge-tailed Grass-finch (Emberizoides herbicola) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its major range is in southeastern South America in southern Brazil, Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and extreme northeast Argentina in the cerrado, pantanal, and southern caatinga; it also ranges into northern Colombia with central Venezuela, and the Atlantic coastal Guianas, as well as Ilha de Marajo at the Amazon River outlet. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
[edit] Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Emberizoides herbicola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
[edit] External links
- Wedge-tailed Grass-finch videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- "Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch" photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
- Photo-High Res--(Close-up); Article – geometer–"Brazil Photos"
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Categories: Least Concern species | Emberizoides | Birds of the Cerrado | Birds of the Pantanal | Birds of the Guianas | Birds of Marajó Island | Birds of Brazil | Birds of Paraguay | Birds of Bolivia | Birds of Argentina | Birds of Venezuela | Birds of Colombia | Birds of Guyana | Birds of Suriname | Birds of French Guiana | Birds of South America | Emberizidae stubs
