Dubois's Seedeater

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Dubois's Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. ardesiaca
Binomial name
Sporophila ardesiaca
(Dubois, 1894)

The Dubois's Seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is closely related to, as possibly better considered a subspecies of, the widespread Yellow-bellied Seedeater. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

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