White-bellied Seedeater | |
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female | |
Male in São Paulo, Brazil | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. leucoptera |
Binomial name | |
Sporophila leucoptera (Vieillot, 1817) |
The White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.