About Sporophila angolensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
The chestnut-bellied seed finch, with the scientific name Sporophila angolensis (Linnaeus, 1766), is a bird species classified in the family Thraupidae. Until recently, this species was placed in the family Emberizidae instead. It is widely distributed across shrubby and grassy habitats in tropical and subtropical South America. West of the Andes, as well as in Central America, this species is replaced by its close relative, the thick-billed seed finch (Sporophila funerea). Historically, these two species were often treated as a single conspecific species called the lesser seed-finch, under the older scientific name Oryzoborus angolensis.
