Temminck's seedeater

Temminck's seedeater
A male Temminck's Seedeater at Horto Florestal, São Paulo, Brazil
A female Temminck's Seedeater at Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. falcirostris
Binomial name
Sporophila falcirostris
(Temminck, 1820)

Temminck's seedeater (Sporophila falcirostris) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila falcirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.