Copper seedeater

Copper seedeater
Male copper seedeater at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil
A young female copper seedeater at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. bouvreuil
Binomial name
Sporophila bouvreuil
(Statius Müller, 1776)

The copper seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It was lumped with the pearly-bellied seedeater, (S. pileata) and known together as the capped seedeater before being split in February 2012.

It is found Brazil and Suriname. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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