Dull-coloured grassquit
| Dull-coloured grassquit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae (see text) |
| Genus: | Tiaris |
| Species: | T. obscurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiaris obscurus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | |
The dull-coloured grassquit (Tiaris obscurus) is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.
It is found in northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Paraguay and central Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tiaris obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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