Biology:Nicaraguan seed finch

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Short description: Species of bird

Nicaraguan seed finch
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. nuttingi
Binomial name
Sporophila nuttingi
(Ridgway, 1884)
Sporophila nuttingi map.svg

The Nicaraguan seed finch (Sporophila nuttingi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and northwestern Panama.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The scientific name of this bird commemorates the zoologist Charles Cleveland Nutting.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2200163 entry