Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Sporophila telasco(Lesson, RP, 1828)
English (US) Chestnut-throated Seedeater
The Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco) 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: coastal lowlands of southwestern Colombia to far northern Chile (Tarapacá)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sporophila telasco
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrrhula telasco
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1828)
- Type locality
- vicinity of Lima, Peru.
- Original description
- Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie 1 pl.15 fig.3 p.663
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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