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Black-and-white Seedeater

Sporophila luctuosa

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandTiny · 13 g
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 1
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 2
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 3
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 4
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 5
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 6
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 7
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 8
Photo: Rob Foster · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 9
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa), photo 10
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0

What the Black-and-white Seedeater sounds like

Sonogram of the Black-and-white Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-and-white Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, social song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-and-white Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black-and-white Seedeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-and-white Seedeater

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

About the Black-and-white Seedeater

The black-and-white seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco) Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telascoThe chestnut-throated seedeater is a Neotropical songbird in the family Thraupidae. White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) White-bellied SeedeaterSporophila leucopteraThe white-bellied seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Rusty-collared Seedeater (Sporophila collaris) Rusty-collared SeedeaterSporophila collarisThe rusty-collared seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, formerly placed in the related Emberizidae.

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