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Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Sporophila angolensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 13 g
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 1
Photo: Silvestresbrasileiros · Public domain
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 2
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 3
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 4
Photo: Ben Tavener from Curitiba, Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 5
Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 6
Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 7
Photo: (c) Reuber Brandão, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 8
Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 9
Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis), photo 10
Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: E Chito Juntas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: below La Cruz, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: km 3 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Ecuador Peru Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Guyana French Guiana Martinique Suriname Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago

About the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

The chestnut-bellied seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae.

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

Easily confused with

Grey Seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermediaThe grey seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterSporophila castaneiventrisThe chestnut-bellied seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineolaThe lined seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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