The slate-coloured seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.
Slate-coloured seedeater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. schistacea
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila schistacea (Lawrence, 1862)
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Distribution edit
The bird's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forests.
It is found in southern parts of Central America, the southwestern Amazon Basin, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Guianas.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila schistacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723406A132163627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723406A132163627.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.