Sporophila

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Sporophila
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Male variable seedeater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Cabanis, 1844
Type species
Pyrrhula falcirostris
Temminck, 1820

Sporophila is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. The genus now includes the six seed finches that were previously placed in the genus Oryzoborus.

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They are relatively small with stubby, conical bills adapted for feeding on seeds and alike. Most species are strongly sexually dimorphic, and while "typical" adult males often are distinctive, female and immatures of both sexes can be very difficult (in some species virtually impossible) to identify to exact species. [1] Females of at least some of these species have different ultraviolet colours, which can be seen by birds, but not humans. [2] Female-like (paedomorphic) males apparently also occur, at least in some species. [3]

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Spermophila was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827. [4] The type species was subsequently designated as Temminck's seedeater (Sporophila falcirostris) by George Robert Gray in 1841. [5] As the genus name Spermophila had been introduced by John Richardson in 1825 for a genus of mammals, [6] the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis coined the present name Sporophila as a replacement in 1844. [7] [8] The name combines the Ancient Greek sporos meaning "seed" and philos meaning "-loving". [9]

The genus now includes the six seed finches that were previously placed in Oryzoborus as well as the thick-billed seed finch that was the only species in Dolospingus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these seven species were embedded in Sporophila. [10]

The genus contains 41 species: [11]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Sporophila bouvronides - Leson's Seedeater (male); Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil 02.jpg Lesson's seedeater Sporophila bouvronidesBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
BIGODINHO (Sporophila lineola ).jpg Lined seedeater Sporophila lineolaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Sporophila torqueola 55799290.jpg Cinnamon-rumped seedeater Sporophila torqueolawestern Mexico
Sporophila morelleti, Cockscomb Basin, Belize 01.jpg Morelet’s seedeater Sporophila morelletiRio Grande Valley through eastern Mexico and Central America to western Panama
Sporophila-corvina-003.jpg Variable seedeater Sporophila corvinasouthern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of northwestern South America
Sporophila intermedia Espiguero gris Grey Seedeater (16133817298).jpg Grey seedeater Sporophila intermediaBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Sporophila americana - Wing-barred seedeater (male).JPG Wing-barred seedeater Sporophila americananorth-eastern Venezuela, Tobago, the Guianas, Brazil
White-naped seedeater Sporophila fringilloidesBrazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Black-and-white Seedeater BW12b.jpg Black-and-white seedeater Sporophila luctuosaBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Sporophila caerulescens.jpg Double-collared seedeater Sporophila caerulescensArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
Sporophila nigricollis Espiguero capuchino Yellow-bellied Seedeater (6459067013).jpg Yellow-bellied seedeater Sporophila nigricollisCosta Rica to Bolivia
Sporophila ardesiaca - Dubois's Seedeater (male).JPG Dubois's seedeater Sporophila ardesiacaeast-central Brazil
Thick-billed Seed-Finch - Sarapiqui - Costa Rica MG 0887 (26405624880) (cropped).jpg Thick-billed seed finch Sporophila funereasouthern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador.
Oryzoborus angolensis -Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8 (1).jpg Chestnut-bellied seed finch Sporophila angolensisTrinidad, Tobago, east Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia to east Brazil, Paraguay and northeast Argentina
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch 2014-11-15 (1) (cropped).jpg Nicaraguan seed finch Sporophila nuttingiCosta Rica, Nicaragua and northwestern Panama.
Sporophila maximiliani Great-billed Seed-finch (male), Mato Grosso, Brazil.jpg Great-billed seed finch Sporophila maximilianiBrazil
Large-billed Seed-Finch - Darien - Panama (48444795082) (cropped).jpg Large-billed seed finch Sporophila crassirostrisBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Black-billed seed finch (Sporophila atrirostris) (cropped).jpg Black-billed seed finch Sporophila atrirostrisEcuador, Peru and northwestern Bolivia
Sporophila schistacea by Franscesco Veronesi (cropped).jpg Slate-coloured seedeater Sporophila schistaceaCentral America, the southwestern Amazon Basin, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Guianas.
Sporophila falcirostris -Horto Florestal de Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg Temminck's seedeater Sporophila falcirostrisArgentina and southeastern Brazil
Buffy-fronted Seedeater - Itatiaia - Brazil MG 0776 (23095834790).jpg Buffy-fronted seedeater Sporophila frontalisnortheastern Argentina and along the southeastern Brazil
Sporophila plumbea-Plumbeous Seedeater.jpg Plumbeous seedeater Sporophila plumbeaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Sporophila beltoni - Tropeiro Seedeater (male).JPG Tropeiro seedeater Sporophila beltoniBrazil
Sporophila collaris -Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil -male-8.jpg Rusty-collared seedeater Sporophila collarisArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Sporophila albogularis - White-throated Seedeater (male); Potengi, Ceara, Brazil crop.jpg White-throated seedeater Sporophila albogularisBrazil.
Sporophila leucoptera-male.jpg White-bellied seedeater Sporophila leucopteraBolivia, Paraguay and eastern Brazil
Sporophila peruviana - Parrot-billed Seedeater - male.jpg Parrot-billed seedeater Sporophila peruvianaEcuador and western Peru.
Chestnut-throatedSeedeater (cropped).jpg Chestnut-throated seedeater Sporophila telascosouthwestern Colombia to far northern Chile.
DrabSeedeater.jpg Drab seedeater Sporophila simplexEcuador and Peru.
Sporophila castaneiventris Espiguero buchicastano Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (male) (17986615113).jpg Chestnut-bellied seedeater Sporophila castaneiventrisBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater.jpg Ruddy-breasted seedeater Sporophila minutaBrazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Sporophila bouvreuil.jpg Copper seedeater Sporophila bouvreuilBrazil and Suriname.
Sporophila nigrorufa - Black-and-tawny Seedeater (male); Vila Bela da Santissima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil.jpg Black-and-tawny seedeater Sporophila nigrorufaeastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil.
Sporophila hypoxantha.jpg Tawny-bellied seedeater Sporophila hypoxanthaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Sporophila ruficollis - Dark-throated Seedeater (male) (cropped).JPG Dark-throated seedeater Sporophila ruficollisArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Sporophila pileata - Pearly-bellied Seedeater.jpg Pearly-bellied seedeater Sporophila pileataBrazil, Paraguay, northern Uruguay and northeastern Argentina.
Sporophila hypochroma - Red-rumped seedeater (male).jpg Rufous-rumped seedeater Sporophila hypochromaBolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay
Sporophila cinnamomea - Chestnut Seedeater (male); Ibera marshes, Corrientes, Argentina.jpg Chestnut seedeater Sporophila cinnamomeaArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Sporophila palustris - Marsh Seedeater (male); Ibera marshes, Corrientes, Argentina.jpg Marsh seedeater Sporophila palustrisArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Sporophila melanogaster - Black-bellied seedeater (male).jpg Black-bellied seedeater Sporophila melanogasterBrazil.
Sporophila iberaensis - Ibera Seedeater (male); Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (1).jpg Ibera seedeater Sporophila iberaensisArgentina.

Possible extinct species:

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