Copper seedeater
Copper seedeater | |
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Male copper seedeater at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
A young female copper seedeater at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. bouvreuil |
Binomial name | |
Sporophila bouvreuil (Statius Müller, 1776) | |
The copper seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It was lumped with the pearly-bellied seedeater, (S. pileata) and known together as the capped seedeater before being split in February 2012.
It is found Brazil and Suriname. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila bouvreuil". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sporophila bouvreuil. |
- South American Classification Committee (February 8, 2012). "Proposal (#502) to South American Classification Committee – Split Sporophila pileata from S. bouvreuil.". Archived from the original on April 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- Machado, E. & Silveira, L.F. (2010) Geographical and seasonal distribution of the Seedeaters Sporophila bouvreuil and Sporophila pileata (Aves: Emberizidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 50 (32):517-533.
- Machado, E. & Silveira, L.F. (2011) Plumage variability and taxonomy of the Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil (Aves: Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Zootaxa, 2781: 49-62.
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