White-collared seedeater Sporophila torqueola

Identification Tips:

• Length: 3.75 inches
• Stubby, conical bill
• Range restricted to south Texas

Adult male:

• Blackish head
• Whitish side of neck and underparts
• Dark brownish-gray upperparts
• White wing bars and base of primaries
• Blackish wings and tail

Adult female:

• Buffy-brown upperparts
• Buffy underparts
• White wing bars and primary patch

Similar species:

The White-collared Seedeater has a short, powerful, conical bill that distinguishes it from similarly-sized birds.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.