Sporophila
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 Male Variable Seedeater
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Sporophila is a genus of bird in the Thraupidae family. The Seed Finches are sometimes included in this genus.
[edit] Species
There are more than 30 species of Sporophila:
- Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis
- Temminck's Seedeater, Sporophila falcirostris
- Slate-colored Seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
- Plumbeous Seedeater, Sporophila plumbea
- Caqueta Seedeater, Sporophila murallae
- Gray Seedeater, Sporophila intermedia
- Wing-barred Seedeater, Sporophila americana
- Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina
- White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola
- Rusty-collared Seedeater, Sporophila collaris
- Lesson's Seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides
- Lined Seedeater, Sporophila lineola
- Black-and-white Seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
- Dubois' Seedeater, Sporophila ardesiaca - possibly a subspecies of S. nigricollis.
- Hooded Seedeater, Sporophila melanops - possibly extinct (20th century?)
- Double-collared Seedeater, Sporophila caerulescens
- White-throated Seedeater, Sporophila albogularis
- Drab Seedeater, Sporophila simplex
- White-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila leucoptera
- Parrot-billed Seedeater, Sporophila peruviana
- Black-and-tawny Seedeater, Sporophila nigrorufa
- Capped Seedeater, Sporophila bouvreuil
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater, Sporophila minuta
- Tawny-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila hypoxantha
- Dark-throated Seedeater, Sporophila ruficollis
- Marsh Seedeater, Sporophila palustris
- Chestnut-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila castaneiventris
- Gray-and-chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila hypochroma
- Chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila cinnamomea
- Narosky's Seedeater, Sporophila zelichi
- Black-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila melanogaster
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Sporophila telasco - the "Tumaco Seedeater" is a stereotyped hybrid between this species and S. minuta
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