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Dark-throated seedeater
male at Ataliva, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Sporophila
Species:	S. ruficollis
Binomial name
Sporophila ruficollis Cabanis, 1851

The dark-throated seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos).

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sporophila ruficollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723484A132165511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723484A132165511.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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