White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera)

Other Names (World)
White-bellied Seedeater, Black-backed Seedeater (bicolor), Bicolored Seedeater (bicolor), Bicoloured Seedeater (bicolor), Bi-colored Seedeater (bicolor), Bi-coloured Seedeater (bicolor), Grey-backed Seedeater (all other subspecies), Gray-backed Seedeater

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (76)...)

White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC859411]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Rio dos Frades, Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil (song)

White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC119043]
by Rodrigo E. Lorenz\u00f3n from Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil (song)

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). Affinities of this species not clearly understood. Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates close relationship to Bolivian populations of Rusty-collared Seedeater (Sporophila collaris), but corroboration required. Bolivian subspecies bicolor quite different in appearance from others, and may warrant treatment as a separate species.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

mexianae Hellmayr, 1912 - Southern Suriname (Sipaliwini) and southern Amap� and north-eastern Par� (Mexiana I), at mouth of R Amazon, in Brazil.
bicolor (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Extreme south-eastern Peru (Puno) and northern and eastern Bolivia (La Paz, Beni and western and eastern Santa Cruz).
leucoptera (Vieillot, 1817) - Central and southern Brazil (Goi�s and Minas Gerais south to Mato Grosso) south through Paraguay to northern Argentina (Formosa, Chaco and Santa Fe).
cinereola (Temminck, 1820) - Eastern Brazil (central Maranh�o east to Para��ba, south to Rio de Janeiro).

References
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Files:

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