Oryzoborus

Oryzoborus is a genus of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae, and some have argued for merging it into Sporophila.[1]

Oryzoborus
Chestnut-bellied seed finch (Oryzoborus angolensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Oryzoborus
Cabanis, 1851

Species

It contains the following species:

References

  1. South American Classification Committee (2007). Incluir el género Oryzoborus dentro de Sporophila. Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19 January 2010


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