Lined Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by BirdsPeru
Iquitos city, Peru, near rive nanay and on the river islands.

Sporophila lineola

Distribution

South America breeding in two areas: first one in north-eastern Brazil, second in southern Brazil, Paraguay, southernmost Bolivia, and north-west Argentina. Migratory, where southern and eastern birds migrate north or west in winter; may reach as far north as Trinidad and Tobago.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Lesson's Seedeater was split from this species.

Habitat

Shrub, pastures and former forests

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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