Black-and-tawny seedeater

Black-and-tawny seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. nigrorufa
Binomial name
Sporophila nigrorufa
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The black-and-tawny seedeater (Sporophila nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is also sparsely found in La Pampa Province in Argentina

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