Sporophila is a genus of bird in the Thraupidae family. The Seed Finches are sometimes included in this genus.

Species

• Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis
• Temminck's Seedeater, Sporophila falcirostris
• Slate-colored Seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
• Plumbeous Seedeater, Sporophila plumbea
• Caqueta Seedeater, Sporophila murallae
• Gray Seedeater, Sporophila intermedia
• Wing-barred Seedeater, Sporophila americana
• Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina
• White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola
• Rusty-collared Seedeater, Sporophila collaris
• Lesson's Seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides
• Lined Seedeater, Sporophila lineola
• Black-and-white Seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
• Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
• Dubois' Seedeater, Sporophila ardesiaca - possibly a subspecies of S. nigricollis.
• Hooded Seedeater, Sporophila melanops - possibly extinct (20th century?)
• Double-collared Seedeater, Sporophila caerulescens
• White-throated Seedeater, Sporophila albogularis
• Drab Seedeater, Sporophila simplex
• White-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila leucoptera
• Parrot-billed Seedeater, Sporophila peruviana
• Black-and-tawny Seedeater, Sporophila nigrorufa
• Capped Seedeater, Sporophila bouvreuil
• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater, Sporophila minuta
• Tawny-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila hypoxantha
• Dark-throated Seedeater, Sporophila ruficollis
• Marsh Seedeater, Sporophila palustris
• Chestnut-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila castaneiventris
• Gray-and-chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila hypochroma
• Chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila cinnamomea
• Narosky's Seedeater, Sporophila zelichi
• Black-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila melanogaster
• Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Sporophila telasco - the "Tumaco Seedeater" is a stereotyped hybrid between this species and S. minuta

Footnotes

References

• Lijtmaer, D. A., N. M. Sharpe, P. L. Tubaro & S. C. Lougheed. 2004. Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of the genus Sporophila (Aves: Passeriformes). Mol. Philo. Evol. 33:562-579.
• Ridgely, R. S., & G. Tudor. 1989. The Birds of South America, vol. 1. Univ. Texas Press, Austin.
• Robbins, M. B., M. J. Braun, C. J. Huddleston, D. W. Finch, & C. M. Milensky (2005). First Guyana records, natural history, and systematics of the White-winged Seedeater (Dolospingus fringilloides). Ibis 147:334-341.

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