Yellow-bellied seedeater
| Yellow-bellied 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. nigricollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sporophila nigricollis (Vieillot, 1823) | |
The yellow-bellied seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. It has occurred as a vagrant in Saint Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila nigricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.