- Dark-throated Seedeater
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Dark-throated Seedeater Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae Genus: Sporophila Species: S. ruficollis Binomial name Sporophila ruficollis
Cabanis, 1851The 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.
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
- BirdLife International 2004. Sporophila ruficollis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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