Parrot-billed seedeater

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Parrot-billed seedeater
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. peruviana
Binomial name
Sporophila peruviana
(Lesson, R, 1842)
Sporophila peruviana map.svg

The parrot-billed seedeater (Sporophila peruviana) is a small species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in various shrubby habitats in western Ecuador and western Peru. Outside the breeding season, it is quite social and frequently seen in flocks with other small seed-eating birds.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sporophila peruviana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22723460A94819030. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723460A94819030.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.