Large-billed seed finch

The large-billed seed finch (Sporophila crassirostris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Large-billed seed finch
Specimen in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. crassirostris
Binomial name
Sporophila crassirostris
(Gmelin, 1789)
Pan American Highway - Darien - Panama
female / Pan American Highway - Darien - Panama

It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila crassirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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