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Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila castaneiventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 8 g
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 1
Photo: Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 2
Photo: Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 3
Photo: Matheus Oliveira · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 4
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 5
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 6
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 7
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 8
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 9
Photo: Joe crutwell · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris), photo 10
Photo: Don Henise · CC BY 2.0

What the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Mariposa, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

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 Seedeater

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia Brazil Guyana French Guiana Bolivia Suriname Venezuela

About the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

The chestnut-bellied seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

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

Easily confused with

Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Sporophila angolensis) Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchSporophila angolensisThe chestnut-bellied seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineolaThe lined seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Grey Seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermediaThe grey seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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