Biology:White-bellied seedeater

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Short description: Species of bird

White-bellied seedeater
Sporophila leucoptera 1.jpg
female
Sporophila leucoptera -Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil -male-8.jpg
Male in São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. leucoptera
Binomial name
Sporophila leucoptera
(Vieillot, 1817)
Sporophila leucoptera map.svg

The white-bellied seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found mainly in Bolivia, Paraguay and eastern Brazil , with smaller numbers in Suriname, southeastern Peru and northern Argentina . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1589667 entry