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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: 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: 348779
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/01/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 346913
♀  Immature
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/01/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 346912
♀  Immature
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/01/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 346911
♀  Immature
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/01/2019
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 344758
♀  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
07/28/2019
Jorge La Grotteria



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
95514901/08/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 731, Puerto Iguazú4Jorge La Grotteria
95263628/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 771, Puerto Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
86904815/01/2019ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
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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 04/10/2026.