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Dark-throated seedeater

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Dark-throated seedeater
Dark-throated Seedeater male at Ataliva, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Thraupidae
Genus:
Sporophila
Species:
S. ruficollis
Binomial name
Sporophila ruficollis
Cabanis, 1851

The dark-throated seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos).

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN


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