White-naped seedeater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. fringilloides
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila fringilloides (Pelzeln, 1870)
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Synonyms | |
Dolospingus nuchalis |
The white-naped seedeater (Sporophila fringilloides) is a species 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.
It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.