Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) - HBW 16, p. 660
French: Sporophile cannelle
German: Zimtpfäffchen
Spanish: Semillero Castaño
Other common names: Grey-capped Chestnut Seedeater; Narosky’s/Entre Rios Seedeater (“S. zelichi”)
Taxonomy: Pyrrhula cinnamomea Lafresnaye, 1839, River Araguaia, Goiás, 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
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. melanogaster. 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. Form described as S. zelichi (from Entre Ríos, in NE Argentina) considered to be a white-necked morph of S. palustris or possibly a hybrid between latter and present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in NE Argentina (Corrientes and Entre Ríos), extreme SE Paraguay (Itapúa), extreme SE Brazil (W & SC Rio Grande do Sul) and W & SE Uruguay (mostly Paysandú, Río Negro and Rocha, also Artigas, Soriano and Treinta y Tres). Migrates N as far as SC Brazil (Goiás, SE Mato Grosso and W Minas Gerais).
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Male perched Locality Candói, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 11 November 2011 12 weeks ago 20 sec 3.3 -
A young male singing Locality Lavalleja Department, Uruguay
Alvaro Riccetto 24 November 2010 46 weeks ago 41 sec 3.3 -
A male eating some seeds. Locality Araguaiana, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 10 October 2009 2 years ago 10 sec 2
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A male in flight
Locality Paysandú Department, Uruguay
Nacho Areta 1 January 2007 2 years ago 1.6
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Contact calls. Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina
(Monotypic species)
Kini Roesler 16 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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