Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Thraupidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758))
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Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sporophila minuta, the ruddy-breasted seedeater, is a Thraupidae bird found across Central and South America in open and degraded grassy habitats.

Family
Genus
Sporophila
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

The ruddy-breasted seedeater, scientifically named Sporophila minuta (Linnaeus, 1758), is a bird species that belongs to the tanager family Thraupidae. This species has been recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats include dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Photo: (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ad Konings · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Thraupidae Sporophila

More from Thraupidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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