Copper seedeater | |
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Male at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
A young female at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sporophila |
Species: | S. bouvreuil
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Binomial name | |
Sporophila bouvreuil (Statius Müller, 1776)
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The copper seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It was lumped with the pearly-bellied seedeater, (S. pileata) and known together as the capped seedeater before being split in February 2012.
It is found Brazil and Suriname. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.