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Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Black-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila melanogaster) - HBW 16, p. 661

French: Sporophile à ventre noir German: Schwarzbauchpfäffchen Spanish: Semillero Ventrinegro

Taxonomy: Spermophila melanogaster Pelzeln, 1870, Itararé and Resaca, São Paulo, Brazil.
Molecular evidence suggests that genus is closely related to Oryzoborus, which should perhaps be subsumed within it; further, that both genera should be placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). A molecular-genetic study of 17 species in genus, including ten in “capped” group (“capuchinos”), indicated that latter form two clades, a N clade largely N of R Amazon containing S. minuta and S. castaneiventris, and a S clade consisting of present species and S. bouvreuil, S. hypoxantha, S. hypochroma, S. ruficollis, S. palustris and .. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Spermophila melanogaster Pelzeln, 1870, Itararé and Resaca, São Paulo, Brazil.
Molecular evidence suggests that genus is closely related to Oryzoborus, which should perhaps be subsumed within it; further, that both genera should be placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). A molecular-genetic study of 17 species in genus, including ten in “capped” group (“capuchinos”), indicated that latter form two clades, a N clade largely N of R Amazon containing S. minuta and S. castaneiventris, and a S clade consisting of present species and S. bouvreuil, S. hypoxantha, S. hypochroma, S. ruficollis, S. palustris and S. cinnamomea. Determination of relationships within the S clade not possible, as genetic differentiation very low and species are apparently part of a very recent and rapid radiation. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds in SE Brazil (E Santa Catarina and NE Rio Grande do Sul); migrates N as far as C Goiás and W Minas Gerais.

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