Sooty Grassquit

Asemospiza fuliginosa

(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
Espiguero Negro
Cigarra-do-coqueiro

Family: Thraupidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Fringilla fuliginosa.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

The sooty grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin´s finches.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Source: Wikipedia, article Asemospiza fuliginosa. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.

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239773

11/02/2015

Brazil

São Paulo

Taubaté

Carlos Otávio Araujo Gussoni

218254

02/01/2015