Drab Seedeater (Sporophila simplex)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Taczanowski, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Southern Ecuador (southern Azuay and Loja) and western Peru (upper Mara��n Valley and lower Andean slopes from La Libertad south to Ica).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Drab Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC763550]
by Jerome Fischer from Bellavista (near San Agustin), Ja\u00e9n, Cajamarca, Peru (song)

Drab Seedeater (Sporophila simplex) [XC461975]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Alamala, Catamayo, Loja, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco) and Tumaco Seedeater (Sporophila insulata) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Sporophila telasco following Stiles (2004) who considered insulata a subspecies or colour morph of Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco).

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). Affiliations uncertain. Plumage resembles that of female Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana), and conceivable that the two are closely related. A molecular-genetic study is required.

References
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