Chestnut Seedeater

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Chestnut Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Sporophila cinnamomea
(Lafresnaye, 1839)

The Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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