Dark-throated seedeater
Dark-throated seedeater | |
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male at Ataliva, Santa Fe Province, Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. ruficollis
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila ruficollis Cabanis, 1851
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The dark-throated seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos).
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila ruficollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723484A132165511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723484A132165511.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Sporophila
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of Paraguay
- Birds of Uruguay
- Birds described in 1851
- Thraupidae stubs