Dubois's seedeater

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Dubois's seedeater
Sporophila ardesiaca - Dubois's Seedeater (male).JPG
male at Sacramento, Minas Gerais state, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. ardesiaca
Binomial name
Sporophila ardesiaca
(Dubois, 1894)
Sporophila ardesiaca map.svg

Dubois's seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is closely related to, and possibly better considered a subspecies of, the widespread yellow-bellied seedeater. The Dubois's seedeater is endemic to east-central Brazil, where it is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila ardesiaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22723443A132164654. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723443A132164654.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.