Narosky's Seedeater

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Narosky's Seedeater is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Narosky's seedeater in trapper's cage next to grasslands - used by trappers to call more wild birds to the trap Narosky's seedeater in trapper's cage next to grasslands - used by trappers to call more wild birds to the trapPrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: Entre Rios seedeater Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves More

Seedeater, White-collared Seedeater, and Narosky's Seedeater) is one of the rarest species in the Neotropics. However, doubts have been raised about the validity of this species. Therefore, I evaluated the systematic status of the Entre Ríos Seedeater based on analysis of previously unpublished vocal and habitat data. I tested four hypotheses regarding the systematic status of S. zelichi: Good Species Hypothesis (valid species), Hybridization Hypothesis (hybrid S. palustris X S. cinnamomea), Color Morph Hypothesis I (morph of S. More