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Asemospiza fuliginosa

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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Foto
Photography ID: 666794
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 666792
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 666790
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 666784
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 406208
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 406207
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2013
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 359060
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/01/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 358478
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
07/28/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 355637
♂  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/19/2019
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 355636
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/19/2019
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 354072
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/19/2019
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 354071
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/19/2019
Sergio Cusano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
110870819/09/2019ArgentinaMisionesCostanera, Puerto IguazúEduardo Cusano
110555119/09/2019ArgentinaMisionesCostanera, Puerto IguazúSergio Cusano
95514901/08/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 731, Puerto Iguazú4Jorge La Grotteria
95263628/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 771, Puerto Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
95180423/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesCosta del Rio Iguazú, Puerto IguazúSergio Moya
95091818/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 771, Puerto IguazúPablo Capovilla
95050815/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 771, Puerto Iguazú1Mauricio Schmithalter
94999815/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesCostanera (zona del Hotel Panoramic), Puerto Iguazú2Pablo Capovilla
86904815/01/2019ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
81276215/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesPuerto Iguazú4Alec Earnshaw
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Sooty Grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 29/09/2026.