Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Northwest Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Northwest Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Nazca, Pe|SW Ec
Status: The Parrot-billed Seedeater is common to fairly common in the coastal lowlands where it is known to range to elevations of up to 600 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Ec.
Name in Spanish: Espiguero Pico de Loro.
Sub-species: Parrot-billed Seedeater (Sporophila peruviana devronis), (J. Verreaux), 1852. W Ecuador (from Manabí) S along coast to NW Peru (Tumbes).
(Sporophila peruviana peruviana), (Lesson), 1842. coast of Peru from La Libertad S to Ica.
Meaning of Name: Sporophila: Gr. sporos= seed and philos= lover. peruviana: After or fron the county of Peru..
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- 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.