Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) - HBW 16, p. 660
French: Sporophile à ventre châtain
German: Rotbauchpfäffchen
Spanish: Semillero Ventricastaño
Taxonomy: Sporophila castaneiventris Cabanis, 1848, Cumaka, coast of Guyana.
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 present species and S. minuta, and a S clade consisting of S. bouvreuil, S. hypoxantha, S. hypochroma, S. ruficollis, S. palustris, S. cinnamomea and S. mela.. View all taxonomy...
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 present species and S. minuta, and a S clade consisting of S. bouvreuil, S. hypoxantha, S. hypochroma, S. ruficollis, S. palustris, S. cinnamomea and S. melanogaster. Proposed taxon S. hypochroma rothi (based on single specimen from near Abary, in NE Guyana) likely a hybrid between present species and S. minuta. Monotypic.
Distribution: The Guianas, and E Colombia (from Guainía and Meta) and S Venezuela (extreme SW Amazonas) S, E of Andes, to Ecuador, Peru and N & W Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Beni and Cochabamba), and Amazonian Brazil (S to NW Mato Grosso and N Pará, also NE Roraima and Amapá).
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A male feeding on seeds in a young river island Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A female feeding on seeds in a young river island Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3.9 -
A female perched Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 10 August 2006 5 years ago 7 sec 3.5 -
A male perched on a branch and flying away Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 18 December 2001 8 years ago 9 sec 2.7 -
male singing from typical perch at an electric pole Locality San Carlos de Río Negro, Amazonas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
john kvarnbäck 13 January 2011 1 year ago 57 sec 2.7 -
A male and a female Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 3 years ago 13 sec 2.7
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An adult male feeding grass seed
Locality Manacapuru, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 23 weeks ago 4.5 -
male
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
Lateral view of male perched in grass
Locality Baganara Island, Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 12 June 2011 49 weeks ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of female perched on a grass
Locality Baganara Island, Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 12 June 2011 49 weeks ago 3.3 -
Chestnut-bellied Seedeatter perched - Wildsumaco Lodge
Locality Napo Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 29 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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