Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC784120]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from Fusagasug\u00e1, Cundinamarca, Colombia (call)
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) [XC831776]
by Juan Freile from Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Parroquia Nanegalito, Nueva Granada, Hacienda Los Yumbos, Ecuador (subsong)
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). Molecular-genetic data indicate that present species belongs in a clade with Rusty-collared Seedeater (Sporophila collaris), Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) and Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens).