Sporophila leucoptera
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The white-bellied seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found mainly in Bolivia, Paraguay and eastern Brazil, with smaller numbers in Suriname, southeastern Peru and northern Argentina.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Seedeater sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 139 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 66th most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and November–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Seedeater in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June and October, the lowest months. Those are among Chapada Diamantina National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-bellied Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate White-bellied Seedeater sightings, Chapada Diamantina National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 10%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same genus: Sporophila
The closest relatives of the White-bellied Seedeater that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Yellow-bellied Seedeater (about 30%), Plumbeous Seedeater (about 20%) and White-throated Seedeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-bellied Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (139 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
