Black-and-white Seedeater | |
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Male in Ecuador | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. luctuosa |
Binomial name | |
Sporophila luctuosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) |
The Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.