Rufous-rumped Seedeater

Sporophila hypochroma

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedSeedsGrasslandTiny · 10 g

What the Rufous-rumped Seedeater sounds like

Sonogram of the Rufous-rumped Seedeater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Capovilla Pablo H · Song · Esperanza, Las Colonias Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Rufous-rumped Seedeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-rumped Seedeater

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Rufous-rumped Seedeater

The rufous-rumped seedeater, also known as the grey-and-chestnut seedeater, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It breeds in southern Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay. It migrates northward to Bolivia, the Pantanal and central Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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