Sporophila maximiliani (Great-billed Seed-Finch)

Great-billed Seed-Finch

Sporophila maximiliani (Cabanis, JL 1851)

The great-billed seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. They are found in two separate general populations, one in the northern Amazon rainforest and the other in the Cerrado. They live in flooded areas with nests low to the ground. The adults express strong sexual dimorphism. Males are black with white under wing-coverts and ivory white bills, and the females are generally light brown with white under wing-coverts and black bills. Both the male and female have very large, thick bills. The great-billed seed finch has a melodious call, which has made it a target for trapping. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Sporophila
Scientific:
  Sporophila maximiliani

Original description

Citation:
(Cabanis, JL 1851)

Reference:
Mus. Heineanum 1 p.151,note

Imprint year:
1850-1851

Protonym:
Oryzoborus maximiliani

Type locality:
Brasilien

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196124#page/167/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
CA594DA21F6CEA3B

Avibase ID:
avibase-CA594DA2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CA594DA2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561745

English:
Great-billed Seed-Finch
Czech:
louskač tlustozobý
Danish:
Stor Frøfinke
German:
Dickschnabel-Reisknacker
Spanish:
Semillero Picón
Finnish:
isosysisirkkunen
French:
Sporophile de Maximilien
Italian:
Beccasemi beccogrosso
Japanese (romaji):
oohashikomewari
Japanese:
オオハシコメワリ
Lithuanian:
Didžioji ryžinė starta
Dutch:
Grootsnavelzaadkraker
Norwegian:
Storfrøspurv
Polish:
ryzolusk wielkodzioby
Portuguese:
Bicudo
Portuguese (Brazil):
Bicudo
Russian:
Толстоклювая рисовая овсянка
Slovak:
kňažík veľkozobý
Swedish:
Större frösparv
Chinese:
巨嘴籽雀
Chinese (Traditional):
巨嘴食籽雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Sporophila maximiliani) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Sporophile de Maximilien ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Sporophile de Maximilien ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Great-billed Seed Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani)
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Great-billed Seed-Finch ( Oryzoborus maximiliani) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oryzoborus maximiliani [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oryzoborus maximiliani [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Sporophila [maximiliani or nuttingi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

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Other related concepts

Sporophila [crassirostris x maximiliani] (hybrid)
Sporophila [angolensis x maximiliani] (hybrid)

Other synonyms