Nicaraguan seed finch
Appearance
Nicaraguan seed finch | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Oryzoborus |
Species: | O. nuttingi
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Binomial name | |
Oryzoborus nuttingi Ridgway, 1884
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The Nicaraguan seed finch (Oryzoborus nuttingi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and northwestern 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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