Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC243112]
by Niels Krabbe from Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador (song)
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC861492]
by Jaime Su\u00e1rez from Itchimbia (near Quito), Metropolitan District of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)
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).