Dubois's Seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca)
About the Dubois's Seedeater
Dubois's seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca) is a bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is endemic to Brazil. DuBois's seedeater has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1864 with the binomial Spermophila ardesiaca. In a 1938 publication Carl Eduard Hellmayr noted that it had been reassigned to its present genus Sporophila. However he tentatively listed it as "an artificial variety of S. nigricollis", the yellow-bellied seedeater. At the time Sporophila was a member of the family Fringillidae. By 1970 Sporophila had been reassigned to the family Emberizidae. Based on studies published between 1988 and 2011, beginning in 2012 the genus was moved to its present position in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 10 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosarecording
- Black-billed Seed FinchSporophila atrirostrisrecording
- Caqueta SeedeaterSporophila murallaerecording
- Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchSporophila angolensisrecording
- Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterSporophila castaneiventrisrecording
- Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telascorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.