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Pearly-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila pileata (Sclater, PL, 1865)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Pearly-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila pileata, is a bird of South America, occurring in Bolivia, central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina and Uruguay. It belongs to the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was once treated together with the copper seedeater under the name capped seedeater, before being separated in 2012. Its natural home is dry savanna. Like other capuchinos, it is affected by marked population declines linked to illegal trapping for the pet trade and the loss of grassland through agricultural change.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: ne Bolivia, c, s Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay
