Sporophila telasco insulata Chapman, 1921
Tumaco seedeater, Tumaco chestnut-throated seedeater
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sporophila insulata Chapman, 1921
Conservation Status
Invalid (hybrid). Was rediscovered prior to its reduction in status to a hybrid.
Distribution
Bocagrande Island & Tumaco, Colombia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Chapman, F. M. (1921). Descriptions of proposed new birds from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. American Museum Novitates 18: 1-12.
Other references:
De Las Casas, J. C. 2004. Summary of thesis in Ornitología Colombiana 2:68.
Ridgely & Tudor 1989: The birds of South America, vol. 1.
Salaman, Paul G. W. (1995). The rediscovery of Tumaco Seedeater Sporophila insulata. Cotinga 4: 33-35.
Stiles, F. Gary. (2004). The Tumaco Seedeater (Sporophila insulata, Emberizidae): a species that never was? Ornitologia Neotropical 15(1): 17-30.
https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop245.htm