Temminck's seedeater

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Temminck's seedeater
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A male Temminck's seedeater at Horto Florestal, São Paulo, Brazil
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A female Temminck's seedeater at Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. falcirostris
Binomial name
Sporophila falcirostris
(Temminck, 1820)
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Synonyms

Pyrrhula falcirostris (protonym)

Temminck's seedeater (Sporophila falcirostris) 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.

This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila falcirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22723403A132163295. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723403A132163295.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.