Ruddy-breasted seedeater

Ruddy-breasted seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thraupidae
Genus:Sporophila
Species: S. minuta
Binomial name
Sporophila minuta
Synonyms

Loxia minuta Linnaeus, 1758

The ruddy-breasted seedeater (Sporophila minuta) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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