Black-and-white Seedeater
Sporophila luctuosa(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
English (US) Black-and-white Seedeater
The Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) 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.
Range: Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and southwestern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sporophila luctuosa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-and-white Seedeater
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Spermophila luctuosa
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
- Type locality
- Colombia; restricted to Bogota by Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 200.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.291
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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