About the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
The ruddy-breasted seedeater is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funereaThe thick-billed seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae.
Cinnamon-rumped SeedeaterSporophila torqueolaThe cinnamon-rumped seedeater is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus Sporophila.
Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermediaThe grey seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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