Buffy-fronted Seedeater (Sporophila frontalis)

Other Names (World)
Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Buffy-throated Seedeater

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1869)

Habitat
Bamboo, forest interior, borders, second growth and cultivated land adjacent to forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B).

South-eastern Brazil (from also southern Bahia, Esp��rito Santo and south-eastern Minas Gerais south to northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay (Alto Paran�) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction through continuing clearance of Atlantic forest, trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud and clear 'jet cheh-cheh-ch�w'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Buffy-fronted Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC330548]
by Jeremy Minns from Ant\u00f4nio Dias, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)

Buffy-fronted Seedeater (Sporophila frontalis) [XC340026]
by Jeremy Minns from Intervales State Park. Bocanha and Lageado, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Molecular evidence suggests that genus is closely related to Oryzoborus, which should perhaps be subsumed within it. Further, that both genera should be placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae).

References
See References.

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