- Sporophila minuta
Identification
8·6–9·6 cm (3¼-3¾ in)
Male Nominate
- Grey crown and face
- Grey, streaky back
- White spot at bill base
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- S. m. parva:
- S. m. centralis:
- South West Costa Rica and Pacific slope of Panama
- S. m. minuta:
Habitat
They like open spaces and are often seen beside roads, in parks and close to houses.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of grass seeds.
Breeding
They construct an open cup nest from grasses.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Rising, J. & Jaramillo, A. (2019). Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/62129 on 10 January 2019)
- BF Member observations
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/rubsee1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ruddy-breasted Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ruddy-breasted_Seedeater
