Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina - Sporophile variable

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Thraupidés

  • Genus
    :

    Sporophila

  • Species
    :

    corvina

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1860

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 9 à 13 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sporophile variable
♂ adult
Sporophile variable
♀ adult

Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Sporophila corvina corvina (e Mexico to w Panama)
  • Sporophila corvina hoffmanni (sw Costa Rica and sw Panama)
  • Sporophila corvina hicksii (s and se Panama to nw Colombia)
  • Sporophila corvina ophthalmica (sw Colombia to nw Peru)

Foreign names

  • Sporophile variable,
  • Semillero corvino,
  • papa-capim-corvino,
  • Dunkelspelzer,
  • Noordelijk Bont Dikbekje,
  • Beccasemi variabile,
  • variabel frötangara,
  • Kullfrøeter,
  • kňažík vraní,
  • kněžík proměnlivý,
  • Brilleklerkefinke,
  • mustasirkkunen,
  • menjagrà variable,
  • ziarnojadek kruczy,
  • Чёрная вьюрковая овсянка,
  • カワリヒメウソ,
  • 黑食籽雀,
  • 雜色食籽雀,

Voice song and cries

Sporophile variable
♂ adult

Habitat

Sporophile variable
♀ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sporophile variable
published: - Updated: 20-06-2014
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