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Zonotrichia capensis
very common sparrow in Ecuador. has lovely songs The Rufous-collared Sparrow is 13.5–15 cm long and weighs 20–25 g. The adult has a stubby grey bill and a grey head with broad black stripes on the crown sides and thinner stripes through the eye and below the cheeks. The nape and breast sides are rufous and the upperpart are black-streaked buff-brown. There are two white wing bars. The throat is white, and the underparts are off-white, becoming brown on the flanks and with a black breast patch. Young birds have a duller, indistinct head pattern, with brown stripes and a buff ground colour. They lack the rufous collar, and have streaked underparts.
Spotted on Jan 12, 2013
Submitted on Feb 5, 2013
4 Comments
YukoChartraw: thanks for the sympathy...I am thinking hard...there is another trip coming up in Nov or maybe next yr. I would love to go back...there are so many species that I have yet photographed. Still thinking hard about it
NOOOO!!! What can be more unfortunate than that?!! I'm sorry for all the beautiful photos we don't get to see... :-( Maybe that gives you a reason for another trip to Ecuador someday? :-)
YukoChartraw: thanks but I wished I had not lost a thumb drive (lost it when security police at the airport was checking into my lugguages, they unzipped and one fell out...bummer). this thumb drive contains the rufous bellied seedsnipe(very shy bird found at 14000ft), rufous antpitta, torrent duck(papa leading the baby upstream in the rapid water), big dipper and more.
Beautiful! I can tell from your beautiful spottings that your trip to Ecuador has been very fruitful!