Biology:Black-and-tawny seedeater

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-and-tawny seedeater
Sporophila nigrorufa - Black-and-tawny Seedeater (male); Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. nigrorufa
Binomial name
Sporophila nigrorufa
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Sporophila nigrorufa map.svg

The black-and-tawny seedeater (Sporophila nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in the Pantanal of eastern Bolivia and adjacent southwestern Brazil . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. thumb|left|200px It is also sparsely found in La Pampa Province in Argentina .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2226398 entry