Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernSeeds

ShrublandCup nestTiny · 13 g

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 1 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 2 — Photo: (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 3 — Photo: (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 4 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 5 — Photo: (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 6 — Photo: (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Paul Bonner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Parrot-billed Seedeater sounds like

Sonogram of the Parrot-billed Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Guayas: Colinas de Engunga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Guayas: Colinas de Engunga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Parrot-billed Seedeater

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

Where to see the Parrot-billed Seedeater

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador

About the Parrot-billed Seedeater

The parrot-billed seedeater is a small species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in various shrubby habitats in western Ecuador and western Peru. Outside the breeding season, it is quite social and frequently seen in flocks with other small seed-eating birds.

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

Easily confused with

Tawny-bellied SeedeaterSporophila hypoxanthaThe tawny-bellied seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

Nicaraguan Seed FinchSporophila nuttingiThe Nicaraguan seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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

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