Dull-coloured grassquit

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Asemospiza obscura |volume=2016 |page=e.T22723584A94824826 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723584A94824826.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| image = Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus).jpg

| genus = Asemospiza

| species = obscura

| authority = (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

| synonyms = *Asemospiza obscura

  • Tiaris obscurus

}}

The dull-coloured grassquit (Asemospiza obscura) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Paraguay and central Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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