Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta) - HBW 16, p. 658
French: Sporophile petit-louis
German: Zwergpfäffchen
Spanish: Semillero Pechirrufo
Other common names: Minute/Pygmy Seedeater
Taxonomy: Loxia minuta Linnaeus, 1758, Suriname.
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). This species was at one time considered conspecific with S. hypoxantha, but molecular data and vocal details suggest that the two are not very closely related. 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. castaneiventris<.. 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). This species was at one time considered conspecific with S. hypoxantha, but molecular data and vocal details suggest that the two are not very closely related. 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. castaneiventris, and a S clade consisting of S. bouvreuil, S. hypoxantha, S. hypochroma, S. ruficollis, S. palustris, S. cinnamomea and S. melanogaster. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- parva (Lawrence, 1883) - arid Pacific lowlands from W Mexico (Nayarit) S to Nicaragua.
- centralis Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1918 - SW Costa Rica and Pacific slope of Panama.
- minuta (Linnaeus, 1758) - N Colombia S to NW Ecuador, E to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, the Guianas, and N Brazil (NW Amazonas, N Roraima, and Amapá S to N Pará).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female plumaged bird calling. Locality Hacienda Balandú, Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia
(ssp minuta)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2007 20 weeks ago 4
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