Nicaraguan seed finch

The Nicaraguan seed finch (Sporophila nuttingi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and northwestern Panama.

Nicaraguan seed finch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Sporophila
Species:	S. nuttingi
Binomial name
Sporophila nuttingi (Ridgway, 1884)
Synonyms
Oryzoborus nuttingi

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The scientific name of this bird commemorates the zoologist Charles Cleveland Nutting.