Dubois's Seedeater

Dubois's Seedeater
Dubois's Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. ardesiaca
Binomial name
Sporophila ardesiaca
(Dubois, 1894)

The Dubois's Seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is closely related to, and possibly better considered a subspecies of, the widespread Yellow-bellied Seedeater. The Dubois's Seedeater is endemic to east-central Brazil, where it is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats.

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