Black-and-tawny Seedeater (Sporophila nigrorufa)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Seasonally flooded grassland with scattered bushes and trees.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B), Brazil (B).

Eastern Bolivia (eastern Santa Cruz; recently also Llanos de Moxos, in north-eastern Beni) and south-western Brazil (western Mato Grosso).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction due to extensive and continuing conversion of grassland to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A simple series of 4-6, high-pitched, whistled notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Black-and-tawny Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC2246]
by Sjoerd Mayer from Flor d'Oro, Noel Kempff Mercado NP, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (call)

Black-and-tawny Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC84736]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Vila Bela da Sant\u00edssima Trindade, MG. Fazenda Boa Esperan\u00e7a, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Molecular evidence suggests that genus is closely related to Oryzoborus, which should perhaps be subsumed within it. Further, that both genera should be placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). This species presumed most closely related to Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil), and part of the southern clade of "capped" seedeaters (Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil), Tawny-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila hypoxantha), Rufous-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila hypochroma), Dark-throated Seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis), Marsh Seedeater (Sporophila palustris), Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea), Black-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila melanogaster)).

References
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