Least ConcernLegendarySeedsShrublandCup nestSmall · 21 g
About the Large-billed Seed Finch
The large-billed seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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What the Large-billed Seed Finch sounds like
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Where it lives
Regular rangeRare visitor
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.
When to see it
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Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
White-naped SeedeaterSporophila fringilloidesThe white-naped seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Black-bellied SeedeaterSporophila melanogasterThe black-bellied seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Tropeiro SeedeaterSporophila beltoniThe adult male is distinguished from the plumbeous seedeater by its larger size and bluish (rather than plumbeous) grey plumage, and from that and other Sporophila seedeaters, by having a robust, bright yellow beak with an arched culmen, and by vocalisations that include unique call notes.
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