Large-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila crassirostris)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. , Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador

Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 cm (5.2 in). The male Large-billed Seed-Finch is jet black with a thick pale bill. It shows a white wing speculum. The female is brown overall with warmer brown underparts and dusky bill. It forages in tall grass that grows at the edges of rivers and oxbow lakes. The male is distinguished from the similar male Black-billed Seed-finch by a pale bill and smaller size. The female is smaller and lighter brown. Also, see Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch.

Status: The Large-billed Seed-Finch is poorly known within its range, which is mostly the Department of Loreto. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.

Name in Spanish: Semillero de Pico Grande.

Sub-species: Large-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila crassirostris), (J. F. Gmelin), 1789.

Meaning of Name: Sporophila: Gr. sporos= seed and philos= lover. angolensis: After Angola, Portuguese Angola, from Ngola a title of the kings of Ndongo.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.