The black-and-tawny seedeater (Sporophila nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. nigrorufa
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila nigrorufa (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
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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.
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It is also sparsely found in La Pampa Province in Argentina.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sporophila nigrorufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723468A94819412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723468A94819412.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.