Dull-coloured grassquit

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Dull-coloured grassquit
Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Asemospiza
Species:
A. obscura
Binomial name
Asemospiza obscura
Synonyms
  • Asemospiza obscura
  • Tiaris obscurus

The dull-coloured grassquit (Asemospiza obscura) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.

Distribution and habitat

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 forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Asemospiza obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22723584A94824826. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723584A94824826.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.