Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) [XC251559]
by Niels Krabbe from Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador (song)
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC437638]
by Peter Boesman from Heliconia, Antioquia, Colombia (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).