Slate-coloured seedeater

The slate-coloured seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

Slate-coloured seedeater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. schistacea
Binomial name
Sporophila schistacea
(Lawrence, 1862)

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

  1. ^ 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.