Wing-barred Seedeater
Sporophila americana(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Wing-barred Seedeater
The Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Sporophila americana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Wing-barred Seedeater
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sporophila americana americana
- Sporophila americana dispar
- Sporophila americana murallae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia americana
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- some part of America ; restricted to Cayenne by Hellmayr, 1904, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 54, p. 532.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.863
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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