First records of the Wing-barred Seedeater, Sporophila americana (Gmelin, 1789) (Thraupidae), for Acre and a revision of its distribution in the Brazilian Amazon

By

Guilherme, Edson
Pedroza, Diego
Guimarães, David Pedroza
De Lima, Ana Caroline Gomes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-3-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1853--5

Subjects

Amazonia , Aves , Caqueta Seedeater , state of Acre

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1853

 

Abstract

We present the first records of the Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)in Acre, Brazil. These observations, together with the published records and the specimens housed in museum collections, indicate that S. americana occurs over a considerably larger geographical area than is currently presented in the relevant literature. The occurrence of S. americana in the region of São Paulo de Olivença, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas indicates the potential existence of a sympatric zone with the congener Caqueta Seedeater (Sporophila murallae) in the western Amazonia.