Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
About the Variable Seedeater
The variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina) is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of northwestern South America. The taxonomy is confusing, and it was formerly considered a subspecies of Sporophila americana (see Taxonomy). Even within the variable seedeater as presently defined, there are great variations in plumage. The variable seedeater is a small, robust bird with a black conical bill. It is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long and weighs 11 g (0.39 oz). There are four subspecies, which differ primarily in the plumage of the male: S. c. corvina – (P.L. Sclater, 1860): (nominate), found from southern Mexico and along the Caribbean slope from Belize south to Panama. Adult males are entirely black apart from a small white wing-speculum and white wing linings.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 64 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosarecording
- Black-billed Seed FinchSporophila atrirostrisrecording
- Caqueta SeedeaterSporophila murallaerecording
- Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchSporophila angolensisrecording
- Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterSporophila castaneiventrisrecording
- Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telascorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.