Rufous-rumped seedeater

Rufous-rumped seedeater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species:
S. hypochroma
Binomial name
Sporophila hypochroma
Todd, 1915

The rufous-rumped seedeater (Sporophila hypochroma), also known as the grey-and-chestnut seedeater, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It breeds in southern Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay.[2] It migrates northward to Bolivia, the Pantanal and central Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila hypochroma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723495A132165838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723495A132165838.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Claramunt, Santiago; Rocha, Gabriel; Aldabe, Joaquín (2006). "The occurrence of Sporophila hypochroma and S. hypoxantha in Uruguay". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 126 (1): 45–49.