fêmea de coleiro baiano

female coleiro baiano - The baiano is also known as silver beak, chupinha (AL), coleiro-baiano, coleiro-orangeeira (ES), black-head, collar-paulista, rice-grouse, grass-pepper (Maranhão , Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Ceará and Piauí), paprika (Paraíba), black-breasted paprika, capim-capiminho and black paprika. It lives in open fields, shrubby clearings, cultivated fields, roadsides and tall grasses. Much appreciated by cagers as a singing bird.

The female is all brown, darker on the back. In exceptional light, you can see that she also has the sketch of the male's throat design. The juvenile males leave the nest with the same plumage as the female.

How to identify female collared Bahia?
Females have a brown color, the same color as the offspring. Male offspring acquire adult plumage at around 18 months of age.