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Slate-colored Seedeater

Sporophila schistacea

Least ConcernRareSeedsForestCup nestTiny · 13 g
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 1
Photo: (c) Dan Riskin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dan Riskin · cc-by
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 2
Photo: Isis I. Castro Alberto · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 3
Photo: Isis I. Castro Alberto · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 4
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 5
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 6
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 7
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 8
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 9
Photo: danielmoreno · CC0
Slate-colored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea), photo 10
Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0

About the Slate-colored Seedeater

The slate-coloured seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

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

What the Slate-colored Seedeater sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
Colombia Costa Rica Panama Peru Honduras Brazil Ecuador Belize Bolivia Nicaragua Venezuela Guyana French Guiana

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mexico.

When to see it

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

Easily confused with

Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea) Plumbeous SeedeaterSporophila plumbeaThe plumbeous seedeater is a species of bird 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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