Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) - HBW 16, p. 654
French: Sporophile à ventre jaune
German: Gelbbauchpfäffchen
Spanish: Semillero Ventriamarillo
Other common names: Black-necked Seedeater; Hooded Seedeater (“S. melanops”)
Taxonomy: Pyrrhula nigricollis Vieillot, 1823, 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). Molecular-genetic data indicate that present species belongs in a clade with S. collaris, S. luctuosa and S. caerulescens. Possibly conspecific with S. ardesiaca. Proposed taxon S. melanops, known only from one adult male collected in 1823 on E bank of R Araguaia (extreme WC Goiás), in SC Brazil, is believed to have been a variant of present species or a hybr.. 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). Molecular-genetic data indicate that present species belongs in a clade with S. collaris, S. luctuosa and S. caerulescens. Possibly conspecific with S. ardesiaca. Proposed taxon S. melanops, known only from one adult male collected in 1823 on E bank of R Araguaia (extreme WC Goiás), in SC Brazil, is believed to have been a variant of present species or a hybrid between it and a congener. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigricollis (Vieillot, 1823) - S Costa Rica and Panama to N, W & E Colombia and probably E Ecuador, E through Venezuela to Suriname, including S Lesser Antilles (Carriacou, Grenada), and Trinidad and Tobago; EC & E Brazil S to Mato Grosso and São Paulo, extreme E Bolivia (E Santa Cruz) and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- vivida Hellmayr, 1938 - SW Colombia (Nariño) and W Ecuador.
- inconspicua Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906 - Peruvian Andes S on W slope to Lambayeque and on E slope to Cuzco.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing from its perch Locality Colonia Tovar-La Victoria Road, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp nigricollis)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding on tall grass Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp vivida)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding on seeds Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp vivida)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 3 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A male singing from its perch Locality Formosa Province, Argentina (ssp nigricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2005 4 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A front view of a male perched Locality Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp nigricollis)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 15 sec 3.9 -
A male feeding on the ground Locality Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp vivida)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 3.9
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Lateral view of juvenile feeding among grass
Locality El Ávila National Park, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp nigricollis)
Mikko Pyhälä 5 June 2011 35 weeks ago 3.6 -
On a wire
Locality La Vega, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 5 June 2011 35 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male perched on a shrub.
Locality Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 8 February 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male perched on a grass stalk.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 19 December 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
on a bush
Locality Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia
oleicfrisbee 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.3 -
A front view of a perched male.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
philgunson 23 August 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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Call and song Locality Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela
Nacho Areta 1 January 2005 2 years ago 4
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