Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) - HBW 16, p. 667

French: Cataménie terne German: Schlichtcatamenie Spanish: Semillero Sencillo
Other common names: Plain Seedeater

Taxonomy: Linaria inornata Lafresnaye, 1847, Bolivia.
Molecular data suggest that genus is part of a clade which includes Haplospiza, as well as Phrygilus unicolor and Phrygilus plebejus (but not other members of latter genus). Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

mucuchiesi Phelps, Sr & Gilliard, 1941 - páramos of Mérida, in W Venezuela.
minor Berlepsch, 1885 - W Venezuela (Táchira) S through Andes of Colombia (E & C ranges) and Ecuador to C Peru (Junín).
inornata (Lafresnaye, 1847) - Andes of SW Peru (Cuzco and Puno) and extreme N Chile (N Tarapacá) E to C Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to C Mendoza).
cordobensis Nores & Yzurieta, 1983 - NC Argentina (Córdoba).