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Slate-Coloured Seedeater

Sporophila schistacea(Lawrence, GN, 1862)

English (US) Slate-colored Seedeater

UK name: Slate-Coloured Seedeater

The Slate-Coloured Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) 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 schistacea
Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Slate-colored Seedeater
English (UK)
Slate-Coloured Seedeater
Described by
(Lawrence, GN, 1862)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Spermophila schistacea
Described by
(Lawrence, GN, 1862)
Type locality
line of Panama Railroad, Atlantic side of Isthmus, New Grenada; Lion Hill, Panama, accepted as type locality fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 174.
Original description
Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7 p.474

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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