Wedge-tailed Grass-finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
Wedge-tailed Grass-finch, Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil
March 2003

The Wedge-tailed Grass-finch is distributed in tropical and sub-tropical South America east of the Andes and outside the Amazon Basin except along the Atlantic coast. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. They are found in taller grasslands often with scattered bushes.

Wedge-tailed Grass-finch, Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image They have a long, pointed tail which is not shown well in these photos but you can see the yellow bill with a black ridge. Upperparts are olive brown with black streaks and the eyering and lores are white. Underparts are whitish to buff on the flanks.
Wedge-tailed Grass-finch, Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
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