Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 9 g

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 1 — Photo: Feroze Omardeen · CC BY 2.0

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 2 — Photo: Feroze Omardeen · CC BY 2.0

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Matheus Oliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Joe crutwell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 8 — Photo: (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Charlotte Kirchner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Lesson's Seedeater

Lesson's seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

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ID tip

The Lesson's seedeater is a small, sparrow-like bird around 10.5–11 cm (4.1–4.3 in). Males have a mostly black head with large white whisker mark; females have an olive-brown back and pale yellowish belly with a dull yellow bill.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Venezuela Colombia Peru Ecuador Brazil Bolivia Suriname Guyana Trinidad & Tobago French Guiana Curaçao

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Panama.

When to see it

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Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollisThe dark-throated seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisThe white-throated seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisThe buffy-fronted seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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