Nicaraguan seed finch

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

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

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sporophila nuttingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723522A94822309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723522A94822309.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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