Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches
Sporophila
Sporophila is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. The genus now includes the six seed finches that were previously placed in the genus Oryzoborus.
They are relatively small with stubby, conical bills adapted for feeding on seeds and alike. Most species are strongly sexually dimorphic, and while "typical" adult males often are distinctive, female and immatures of both sexes can be very difficult (in some species virtually impossible) to identify to exact species. Females of at least some of these species have different ultraviolet colours, which can be seen by birds, but not humans. Female-like (paedomorphic) males apparently also occur, at least in some species.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 41 known species
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
speciesSporophila torqueola
Morelet's Seedeater
speciesSporophila morelleti
Double-collared Seedeater
speciesSporophila caerulescens
Variable Seedeater
speciesSporophila corvina
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila nigricollis
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
speciesSporophila minuta
Rusty-collared Seedeater
speciesSporophila collaris
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila funerea
Lined Seedeater
speciesSporophila lineola
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila castaneiventris
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila angolensis
Gray Seedeater
speciesSporophila intermedia
White-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila leucoptera
Wing-barred Seedeater
speciesSporophila americana
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
speciesSporophila telasco
White-throated Seedeater
speciesSporophila albogularis
Dark-throated Seedeater
speciesSporophila ruficollis
Black-and-white Seedeater
speciesSporophila luctuosa
Plumbeous Seedeater
speciesSporophila plumbea
Tawny-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila hypoxantha
Copper Seedeater
speciesSporophila bouvreuil
Pearly-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila pileata
Dubois's Seedeater
speciesSporophila ardesiaca
Large-billed Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila crassirostris
Parrot-billed Seedeater
speciesSporophila peruviana
Slate-colored Seedeater
speciesSporophila schistacea
Marsh Seedeater
speciesSporophila palustris
Chestnut Seedeater
speciesSporophila cinnamomea
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila nuttingi
Buffy-fronted Seedeater
speciesSporophila frontalis
Lesson's Seedeater
speciesSporophila bouvronides
Black-bellied Seedeater
speciesSporophila melanogaster
Temminck's Seedeater
speciesSporophila falcirostris
Rufous-rumped Seedeater
speciesSporophila hypochroma
Iberá Seedeater
speciesSporophila iberaensis
Drab Seedeater
speciesSporophila simplex
Black-billed Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila atrirostris
Tropeiro Seedeater
speciesSporophila beltoni
White-naped Seedeater
speciesSporophila fringilloides
Great-billed Seed-Finch
speciesSporophila maximiliani
Black-and-tawny Seedeater
speciesSporophila nigrorufa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9483.