Slate-coloured Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) Science Article 2
abstract
The nesting behavior of the Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) is virtually unknown, and few nests have been described previously (Wetmore et al. 1984, Hilty & Brown 1986). This species is highly nomadic and tends to breed I in areas with large seed crops, particularly bamboo (Willis & Eisenmann 1979, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Stiles & Skutch 1989). In 1994 and 1995, Slate-colored Seedeatersw ere abundant along the Pipeline Road in Parque Nacional Soberania (9 deg 9’N, 79 deg 51’W), Panama, and territorial O’ were associated with patches of seeding bamboo Chusquea simplicijlora (Neudorf & Blanchfield 1994). In this paper we describe a nest, eggs and nesting behavior of the Slate-colored Seedeater
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Paul R. Martin & Eugene S. Morton, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 7: 63-65,