Avibase: Catamenia homochroa (Paramo Seedeater)

Paramo Seedeater

Catamenia homochroa Sclater, PL 1859

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa homochroa	Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela	2026-02-18	El Bosque (trail to the Antpitta Feeding Station), Manizales, Caldas, Manizales (Colombia) (3200 m)	call, flight call - Edited	1152239 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	David Monroy Rengifo	2020-02-15	Los Nevados NP, above Manizales, Caldas, C Andes, Tolima (Colombia) (3600 m)	male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	541297 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa oreophila	Andrew Spencer	2014-01-24	San Lorenzo Ridge, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena (Colombia) (2600 m)	song - natural vocalization; songs from a male bird perched on a tall (3m) bush surrounded by Chusquea bamboo. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	165601 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Peter Boesman	2021-11-11	Páramo de Sabana Rubia, Perija, Cesar, Urumita (Colombia)	Song - [sono]	693378 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Peter Boesman	1994-01-03	Santa Marta Lorenzo road, Magdalena, La Guajira (Colombia) (500 - 2500 m)	song - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 24 side B track 1 seq. A)	220556 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Peter Boesman	2021-11-11	Páramo de Sabana Rubia, Perija, Cesar, Urumita (Colombia)	Song - [sono]	693379 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-09-26	Topo do Monte Roraima, Parque Nacional Canaima, Gran Sabana, Bolívar, Gran Sabana (Venezuela) (2200 m)	call - [sono]	939446 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Bettsi Carolina Quintero	2025-03-22	, Táchira (Venezuela)	-	632732548 macaulaylibrary.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa homochroa	Mitch Lysinger	2000-06-00	Napo: N of Papallacta, Napo (Ecuador) (4000 m)	song - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD intervals halved playback-used:no	261277 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa oreophila	Andrew Spencer	2014-01-24	San Lorenzo Ridge, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena (Colombia) (2600 m)	call - calls from the same male bird as in XC165601, in response to pishing. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	165602 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Andrew Spencer	2014-01-15	RNA El Dorado, Magdalena, Colombia, Magdalena (Colombia)	- A few calls from a male bird foraging on seeding grasses along a road.	70010041 macaulaylibrary.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Jacob Wijpkema	2022-08-13	Corani Forest, Chapare, Departamento de Cochabamba, Chapare (Bolivia) (2900 m)	adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes	745433 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-09-23	Parque Nacional Canaima (near Paraitepuy), La Gran Sabana, Bolívar, Gran Sabana (Venezuela) (1100 m)	song - [sono]	939290 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Hotel Tinamu	2016-08-18	Nevado del Ruiz, Tolima (Colombia) (4100 m)	song - Grabado por Juan Pablo Culasso www.jpculasso.net Paramo vegetation. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	344367 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Andrew Spencer	2014-01-24	Cuchilla San Lorenzo, Magdalena, Colombia, Magdalena (Colombia)	- a cut of natural songs from a male bird perched on a tall (3m) bush surrounded by Chusquea bamboo, and then a cut of calls from the same bird in response to pishing.	70009871 macaulaylibrary.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-09-25	Paredão do Monte Roraima Parque Nacional Canaima, Gran Sabana, Bolívar, Gran Sabana (Venezuela) (2200 m)	call - [also] [sono]	939369 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa homochroa	Lars Lachmann	2012-03-16	Reserva Yanacocha, Volcan Pichincha, Pichincha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3500 m)	song - 3 strophes of song (drawn-out high pitched notes), additionally a song of another species not identified, comments on this one welcome. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	120817 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Sebastian K. Herzog	26-06-1996	Old rd Cochabamba - V. Tunari, Camp 1; Carrasco NP, Cochabamba, Cochabamba (Bolivia) (2500-3400 m)	Song (A) - Not seen. Sound came from a shrubby slope.	3392 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Peter Boesman	2021-11-11	Chamicero del Perijá Proaves Reserve, Cesar, Colombia, Cesar (Colombia)	- Song at dawn.	394769661 macaulaylibrary.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Christiana Fattorelli	2026-01-31	El Triunfo (near El Triunto), Cantón Patate, Tungurahua, Patate (Ecuador) (2400 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1076460 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Bobby Wilcox	2024-09-30	ProAves hostel, Manaure, Cesar, Manaure (Colombia) (2600 m)	song - About 20m away in scrubby hillside on edge of forest.	1035175 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa homochroa	Niels Krabbe	1993-02-28	Pichincha: V. Pichincha: Yanacocha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3350 m)	calls - Flock feeding on Polylepis seeds on the ground. Pasture at edge of humid forest. Reference: LXVIIA 506-508, 532-540 (Cathom2). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	242333 xeno-canto.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Niels Krabbe	1993-02-17	, Morona-Santiago (Ecuador)	-	242821 macaulaylibrary.org
Paramo Seedeater - Catamenia homochroa	Sebastián Pérez-Peña	2020-07-09	Coquecol, Vda. Rasgatá Alto, Tausa, Cundinamarca, CO (5,18, -73,898), Cundinamarca, Colombia, Cundinamarca (Colombia)	- Grabación con RecForgeII	248456391 macaulaylibrary.org

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