Sooty grassquit
The sooty grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches.
| Sooty grassquit | |
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| In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Asemospiza |
| Species: | A. fuliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Asemospiza fuliginosa (Wied, 1830) | |
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It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Asemospiza fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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