Chestnut seedeater
Appearance
Chestnut seedeater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. cinnamomea
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila cinnamomea (Lafresnaye, 1839)
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The chestnut seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be seen at the Quebrada de los Cuervos).
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Sporophila cinnamomea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22723499A155619440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22723499A155619440.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.