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Plumbeous Seedeater

Sporophila plumbea

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsGrasslandCup nestTiny · 10 g
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 1
Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 2
Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 3
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 4
Photo: Geovanna Thaissa · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 5
Photo: Geovanna Thaissa · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 6
Photo: Lucas Mantelo Cruz · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 7
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 8
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 9
Photo: Nomdeploom · CC0
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea), photo 10
Photo: Geovanna Thaissa · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Plumbeous 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 Plumbeous Seedeater

Regular range

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

Brazil Guyana Colombia Venezuela Paraguay Bolivia French Guiana Peru Suriname

About the Plumbeous Seedeater

The plumbeous seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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

Easily confused with

Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaThe slate-coloured seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae. Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana) Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americanaIt has a total length of approximately 11 cm (4+1⁄4 in). Tawny-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila hypoxantha) Tawny-bellied SeedeaterSporophila hypoxanthaThe tawny-bellied seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

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