Sooty grassquit
| Sooty grassquit | |
|---|---|
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| In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae (see text) |
| Genus: | Tiaris |
| Species: | T. fuliginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiaris fuliginosus (Wied, 1830) | |
The sooty grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosus) is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tiaris fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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