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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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Species photographs

Count: 41

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: 656813
♂  Adult
Ruta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí
Misiones
Argentina
10/13/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 635833
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/23/2024
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 581562
♂  Adult
Quebradanegra
Cundinamarca
Colombia
12/12/2020
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 564088
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/01/2024
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 507175
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
09/03/2022
Silvia Ana González
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



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Species records

Count: 40



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244403026/01/2026BrazilSão PauloNinho da Cambacica, UbatubaJulian Uriel Collado
242184626/01/202609:17BrazilSão PauloCamino sin nombrarSilvina Collado
237752113/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí1Luis Cesar Tejo
237694013/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí1Daniela Espinosa
237415513/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí1Diego Oscar
228613402/02/2025BrazilSanta CatarinaEstrada Serrinha (-26,294735, -48,970382)Marcos Augusto Lartigau
229044623/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúTiago Vaggi
194282101/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Carus
181879104/08/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
181567303/08/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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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 23/09/2026.