- Dull-coloured Grassquit
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Dull-coloured Grassquit Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae (see text) Genus: Tiaris Species: T. obscurus Binomial name Tiaris obscurus
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)The Dull-coloured Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus) is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Tiaris obscurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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