Genus: "Sporophila"
Ibera Seedeater, an undescribed species
Photo by JWN Andrewes
San Alonso, Corrientes, Argentina, October 2014
Photo by JWN Andrewes
San Alonso, Corrientes, Argentina, October 2014
Description
These are the seedeaters - very small birds of subtropical or tropical shrubland, pastureland, heavily degraded former forest, or marshlands: wherever grasses are found to provide the sole diet of seeds. They are overwhelmingly birds of South America, with a few exceptions further north, in one case to southern Texas in the USA
Taxonomy
Sporophila is a genus in the family Thraupidae.
It was formerly placed in the family Emberizidae.
The former species of the genus Oryzoborus and Dolospingus are now subsumed into this genus.
Pages in category ‘Sporophila’
The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
