Black-bellied seedeater

Black-bellied seedeater
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. melanogaster
Binomial name
Sporophila melanogaster
(Pelzeln, 1870)

The black-bellied seedeater (Sporophila melanogaster) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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