Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Family: Thraupidae
Habitat: Embankments and marshes

All records since January 2014

Sounds
© José L. Merlo	© José L. Merlo	© Cora Rimoldi

© Cora Rimoldi

Adult
© Gustavo F. Brahamian Carmine-red hood. Orange bill. Black throat triangle. © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro © J. Simón Tagtachian White underparts © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro Blackish upperparts. © J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian
© Sergio Cusano Alone or in pairs. In almost all environments

Juvenile
The hood and the bib, which initially are orange turn into a red hood and a black bib. The process es through blotches.
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© Hugo Hulsberg
© Carlos González Ledo	© Roberto Ares
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Diet
It feeds on seeds, herbs, buds, insects.
© Adrián Grilli	© J. Simón Tagtachian

More photographic records since January 2013