Grey Seedeater
Sporophila intermediaCabanis, JL, 1851
English (US) Gray Seedeater
UK name: Grey Seedeater
The Grey Seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) 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 intermedia
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Seedeater
- English (UK)
- Grey Seedeater
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1851
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sporophila intermedia intermedia
- Sporophila intermedia bogotensis
- Sporophila intermedia insularis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1851
- Type locality
- Venezuela ; restricted to Puerto Cabello by Phelps and Phelps, Jr., 1950, Bol. Soc. Venezolana Cienc. Nat., 12(75), p. 354.
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.149
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Variable Seedeater
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Wing-barred Seedeater
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Morelet's Seedeater
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Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
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White-naped Seedeater
Sporophila fringilloides
Black-and-white Seedeater
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Yellow-bellied Seedeater
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