The dull-coloured grassquit (Asemospiza obscura) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.
Dull-coloured grassquit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Asemospiza |
Species: | A. obscura
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Binomial name | |
Asemospiza obscura (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
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Distribution and habitat
editIt is found in northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Paraguay and central Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Asemospiza obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723584A94824826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723584A94824826.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.