Copper seedeater
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Copper seedeater
| image = Sporophila bouvreuil.jpg
| image_caption= Male at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil
| image2 = Sporophila bouvreuil -Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brasil-8.jpg
| image2_caption = A young female at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Sporophila
| species = bouvreuil
| authority = (Statius Müller, 1776)
| synonyms =
| range_map = Sporophila bouvreuil map.svg
}}
The copper seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It was lumped with the pearly-bellied seedeater (S. pileata) and known together as the capped seedeater before being split in February 2012.
It is found in Brazil and Suriname. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
{{Commons category|Sporophila bouvreuil}}
{{Reflist}}
- {{Cite web
|author=South American Classification Committee
|authorlink=South American Classification Committee
|title=Proposal (#502) to South American Classification Committee – Split Sporophila pileata from S. bouvreuil.
|date=February 8, 2012
|url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop502.html
|accessdate=February 8, 2012
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408115612/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop502.html
|archivedate=April 8, 2012
}}
- Machado, E. & Silveira, L.F. (2010) Geographical and seasonal distribution of the Seedeaters Sporophila bouvreuil and Sporophila pileata (Aves: Emberizidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 50 (32):517-533.
- Machado, E. & Silveira, L.F. (2011) Plumage variability and taxonomy of the Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil (Aves: Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Zootaxa, 2781: 49–62.
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Category:Birds of the Brazilian Amazon
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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