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Nicaraguan seed finch

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Nicaraguan seed finch
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O. nuttingi
Binomial name
Oryzoborus nuttingi
Ridgway, 1884

The Nicaraguan seed finch (Oryzoborus nuttingi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The scientific name of this bird commemorates the zoologist Charles Cleveland Nutting.

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