Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa) - 04Aug2019 & 17Aug2024

This high elevation seedeater from Venezuela down to Bolivia is similar to the Plain-colored Seedeater but much darker, almost black.  It inhabits similar habitats but also strays into the adjacent montane forests.  I photographed them on my first trip to Colombia in the Santa Marta range and then again 5 years later near Termales del Ruiz in the western cordillera.  Hopefully I will get another shot because they stayed far off both times.




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