Biology:Dull-coloured grassquit

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Short description: Species of bird

Dull-coloured grassquit
Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Asemospiza
Species:
A. obscura
Binomial name
Asemospiza obscura
(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Asemospiza obscura
  • Tiaris obscurus

The dull-coloured grassquit (Asemospiza obscura) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in northwestern Argentina , Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Paraguay and central Brazil . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1589815 entry