Thick-billed seed finch

Thick-billed seed finch
	Mle
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Sporophila
Species:	S. funerea
Binomial name
	Sporophila funerea; (Sclater, PL, 1860)

The thick-billed seed finch (Sporophila funerea) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador. It is replaced by the closely related chestnut-bellied seed finch in South America east of the Andes, as well as the valleys of Cauca and Magdalena in Colombia. The two have often been considered conspecific as the lesser seed-finch (Oryzoborus angolensis).

The male is almost entirely black, with a small white wing patch. The female is a rich brown all over. They are both very similar to the all-black Caribbean slope form of the variable seedeater. It is distinguished, however, by a larger bill with a straight culmen.[2] They measure 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weigh 13.5 g (0.48 oz).[3]

References

BirdLife International 2017 (2017). "Sporophila funerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22729107A137079233. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22729107A137079233.en.|date= / |doi= mismatch
Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
Ramos-Ordoñez, M.F.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C.; Arizmendi, M.C. (2010). Schulenberg, T.S. (ed.). "Overview – Thick-billed seed-finch (Oryzoborus funereus)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

BirdLife species factsheet for Oryzoborus funereus
"Oryzoborus funereus". Avibase.
"Thick-billed seed-finch media". Internet Bird Collection.
Thick-billed seed-finch photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
Interactive range map of Oryzoborus funereus at IUCN Red List maps
Audio recordings of Thick-billed seed finch on Xeno-canto.

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[1] BirdLife International 2017 (2017). "Sporophila funerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22729107A137079233. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22729107A137079233.en.|date= / |doi= mismatch

[BOP-2] Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.

[NeoBirds-3] Ramos-Ordoñez, M.F.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C.; Arizmendi, M.C. (2010). Schulenberg, T.S. (ed.). "Overview – Thick-billed seed-finch (Oryzoborus funereus)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 29 September 2014.