Rusty-collared seedeater

Rusty-collared seedeater
Male in São Paulo, Brazil
Female in São Paulo, Brazil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. collaris
Binomial name
Sporophila collaris
(Boddaert, 1783)

The rusty-collared seedeater (Sporophila collaris) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, formerly placed in the related Emberizidae.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

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