Lesson's Seedeater
Sporophila bouvronides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusSporophila (Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches)
- SpeciesSporophila bouvronides (Lesson's Seedeater)
Lesson's seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. There is also a report in 2021 of Lesson's seedeater from Quebec. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tayrona National Natural Park
Gray Seedeater
Sporophila intermedia
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila nigricollis
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Sporophila minuta
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Olivaceous Saltator
Saltator olivascens
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesson's Seedeater at Tayrona National Natural Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |