Nicaraguan seed finch

Nicaraguan seed finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Oryzoborus
Species: O. nuttingi
Binomial name
Oryzoborus nuttingi
Ridgway, 1884

The Nicaraguan seed finch (Oryzoborus nuttingi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The scientific name of this bird commemorates the zoologist Charles Cleveland Nutting.

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