White-collared seedeater

White-collared seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: S. torqueola
Binomial name
Sporophila torqueola
(Bonaparte, 1850)

The white-collared seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus Sporophila.

Taxonomy

This species has two distinctive subspecies groups which are not known to intergrade, and are thus sometimes considered to be separate species. The S. (t.) torqueola group, comprising the subspecies torqueola and atriceps and commonly known as the cinnamon-rumped seedeater, is found from Sinaloa and Durango to western and southern Oaxaca; the S. (t.) morelleti group, comprising the subspecies morelleti, sharpei, and mutanda and commonly known as the white-rumped seedeater, is found throughout the rest of the species' range.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It ranges from a small area along the Rio Grande near San Ignacio, Texas in the United States[3] south through Mexico and Central America to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands but can also be found in pastures, arable land, and heavily degraded former forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Sporophila torqueola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Rising, J. (2011). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E., eds. "White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions (published 2014). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. "White-collared Seedeater". Bird Info. World Birding Center. Retrieved 2009-01-06.

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