Thick-billed Seed Finch
Sporophila funerea(Sclater, PL, 1860)
English (US) Thick-billed Seed Finch
The Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) 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 funerea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Thick-billed Seed Finch
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Sporophila funerea funerea
- Sporophila funerea salvini
- Sporophila funerea ochrogyne
- Sporophila funerea fractor
- Sporophila funerea aethiops
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Oryzoborus funereus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1860)
- Type locality
- Suchapam, Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.27, no.3 p.378
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Rufous-rumped Seedeater
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Chestnut Seedeater
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Black-bellied Seedeater
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Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Nicaraguan Seed Finch
Sporophila nuttingi
Great-billed Seed Finch
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Large-billed Seed Finch
Sporophila crassirostris
Black-billed Seed Finch
Sporophila atrirostris
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
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