Eastern Mexico (northern Veracruz) southern on Caribbean slope (including Mujeres I, off north-eastern Quintana Roo), and on Atlantic slope from El Salvador, to extreme western Panama.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Morelet's Seedeater (Sporophila morelleti) [XC265369]
by Manuel Grosselet from Ixhuatlan del Sureste, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Morelet's Seedeater (Sporophila) [XC265370]
by Mayron McKewy Mej\u00eda from Ixhuatlan del Sureste, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
sharpei Lawrence, 1889 - Extreme southern USA (lower R Grande Valley, in southern Texas) and north-eastern Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas south through eastern San Luis Potosí to northern Veracruz). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola).
morelleti (Bonaparte, 1850) - Eastern Mexico (northern Veracruz) southern on Caribbean slope (including Mujeres I, off north-eastern Quintana Roo), and on Atlantic slope from El Salvador, to extreme western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola).
mutanda Griscom, 1930 - Southern Mexico (southern Chiapas) south to El Salvador. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet