Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Dark-throated Seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) - HBW 16, p. 659
French: Sporophile à gorge sombre
German: Schwarzkehlpfäffchen
Spanish: Semillero Gorjioscuro
Taxonomy: Sporophila ruficollis Cabanis, 1851, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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. palustris, S. cinnamomea 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. palustris, S. cinnamomea 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. Has been suggested that present species is a colour morph of S. hypoxantha. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & E Bolivia (E La Paz, Beni, E Santa Cruz and E Tarija), S Brazil (S Mato Grosso, S Goiás, W Minas Gerais, W São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul), W & C Paraguay, N Argentina (Salta E to Corrientes, S to Tucuman, N Cordoba and N Buenos Aires) and N & W Uruguay.
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A moulting male on the top of a bush Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
A moulting male eating grass seeds Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A moulting male flicking its tail and looking around Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 39 sec 3.7 -
A female plumaged individual perched Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 41 sec 3.5
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Adult male
Locality Saladillo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 1 January 2007 2 years ago 2.6
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