Buffy-fronted seedeater

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Buffy-fronted seedeater
Sporophila frontalis -Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg
In São Paulo, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. frontalis
Binomial name
Sporophila frontalis
(Verreaux, J, 1869)
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The buffy-fronted seedeater (Sporophila frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in eastern South America, mainly in far northeastern Argentina and along the southeastern Brazilian coastline. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22723399A132162969. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723399A132162969.en . Retrieved 25 September 2021.