Great-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila maximiliani)
About the Great-billed Seed Finch
The great-billed seed finch (Sporophila maximiliani) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. They are found in two separate general populations, one in the northern Amazon rainforest and the other in the Cerrado. They live in flooded areas with nests low to the ground. The adults express strong sexual dimorphism. Males are black with white under wing-coverts and ivory white bills, and the females are generally light brown with white under wing-coverts and black bills. Both the male and female have very large, thick bills. The great-billed seed finch has a melodious call, which has made it a target for trapping.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 9 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.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil 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.