Yellow-bellied Seedeater ( Sporophila nigricollis )

Just like other seedeaters, it is practically impossible to tell this species apart from the brownish females, virtually identical to the other seedeaters’ females. Nevertheless the males present the chest and the head in black, the upper parts dark brown and the belly is yellow or beige.
Its behavior is very similar to other seedeaters and may form mixed groups with other species when not breeding.
It is less urban than the Double-collared and the Lined Seedeaters, being more common in grasslands and grain crops.
May be raised as a cage bird.
In the breeding season the couples split from the groups. The nest is a low bow made of grasses and the female usually lays 2 or 3 eggs.