Pearly-bellied seedeater

Pearly-bellied seedeater
Pearly-bellied seedeater at Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo state, Brazil
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. pileata
Binomial name
Sporophila pileata
(P.L. Sclater, 1865)

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

It is found Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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