White-bellied seedeater

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White-bellied seedeater
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female
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Male in São Paulo, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. leucoptera
Binomial name
Sporophila leucoptera
(Vieillot, 1817)
Sporophila leucoptera map.svg

The white-bellied seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found mainly in Bolivia, Paraguay and eastern Brazil, with smaller numbers in Suriname, southeastern Peru and northern Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila leucoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22723457A132165053. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723457A132165053.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.