Sporophila melanops Pelzeln, 1870
Hooded seedeater
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Not considered a valid species by (Areta et al. 2016).
Conservation Status
Missing or invalid
Last record: October 1823
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Goiás, Brazil (central)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pelzeln, A. von. (1870 or 1871). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens. Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835. Wien: A. Pichler’s Witwe & Sohn.
Other references:
Areta, Juan Ignacio, Piacentini, Vítor de Q., Haring, Elisabeth, Gamauf, Anita, Silveira, Luís Fábio, Machado, Erika and Kirwan, Guy M. (2016). Tiny Bird, Huge Mystery—The Possibly Extinct Hooded Seedeater (Sporophila melanops) Is a Capuchino with a Melanistic Cap. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154231.
BirdLife International. (2000). Threatened birds of the world. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International & Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
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Butchart, Stuart H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006). Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126A: 7-24.
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Piacentini VQ, Aleixo A, Agne CE, Maurício GN, Pacheco JF, Bravo GA, et al. (2015). Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee / Lista comentada das aves do Brasil pelo Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos. Rev Bras Ornitol. 23: 91-298.
Ridgely, R. S. and Tudor, G. (1989). The birds of South America, vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rising, J. D. and Jaramillo, A. (2011). Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Christie, D. A. (eds.). Handbook of the birds of the world, Vol. 16. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. [p. 254]
Rising, J. D. and Jaramillo, A. (2011b). Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/62119 on 4 October 2015).
Sclater, P. L. (1871). A revision of the species of the fringilline genus Spermophila. Ibis. 1: 1-23.
Tobias, Joseph A., Butchart, Stuart H. M. and Collar, Nigel J. (2006). Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding [2006]: 4-22.
Vanzolini, P. E. (1993). As viagens de Johann Natterer no Brasil, 1817–1835. Pap Avulsos Zool. 38: 17-60.