Sooty grassquit

Sooty grassquit
In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thraupidae
Genus:Tiaris
Species: T. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Tiaris fuliginosus
(Wied, 1830)
Synonyms

Asemospiza fuliginosa

The sooty grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosus) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches.

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

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


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