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Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)


Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
Author's comments:

Lo interesante de este ejemplar es que era parte de una bandada de miles y miles de Chingolos que vimos durante varios kilómetros en cercanías de Cholila, Chubut. Las fotografías sirvieron para confirmar que la subespecie era Z. c. australis, lo que ¿indicaría? que el fenómeno se trataba de la migración previa al invierno que venía "subiendo" de sur a norte.

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Mariano Costa
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Record

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Scientific name: Zonotrichia capensis
English Name: Rufous-collared Sparrow
Spanish Name: Chingolo
Portuguese Name: Tico-tico
BirdLife International:
  Least Concern (LC)  
Sex: Both
Life stage: Several
Registration date: 28/03/2012
Country: Argentina
Province / Department: Chubut
Location or protected area: Cholila
Detailed location: 42°26"7.76"s 71°23"45.33"o
Location accuracy: Low
Belonging: Native
Condition: Wild
Certainty: Photographed
Reproduction information: No
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography ID: 12408 View Full Record
Manufacturer: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: NIKON D7000
Shutter speed: 10/6400
Aperture: 3.2
ISO Sensitivity: 100
Focal length: 300mm
Creation date: 2012:03:28 14:04:30
Using Flash: No
Publication date: 03/31/2012 09:07:30

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