Yellow-bellied Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Daniesser
Manhumirim, MG, Brazil, October 2006

Sporophila nigricollis

Identification

8·5–10·3 cm

• Pale yellow (almost white) belly
• Black hood
• Olive-brown upperparts
• Light bluish-grey bill
  

Female dark bill, light brown and yellowish below

Distribution

Female
Photo by Rodrigo Conte
Brasilia, Brazil, August 2013

Central and South America:
Central America: found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Caribbean (West Indies): Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• S. n. nigricollis:

• Southern Costa Rica to north-eastern Argentina, Brazil, Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada

• S. n. vivida:

• South-western Colombia (Nariño) and western Ecuador

• S. n. inconspicua:

• Andes of Peru (south to Cuzco)

Habitat

Grassy areas, or shrubby clearings and agricultural land.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of grass seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-bellied Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Seedeater

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