The black-bellied seedeater (''Sporophila melanogaster'') is a species of
bird in the family
Thraupidae.
It is
endemic to
Brazil.
Its natural
habitats are temperate
grassland and
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Sporophila
Birds of Brazil
Endemic birds of Brazil
Birds described in 1870
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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