White-throated Seedeater

White-throated Seedeater

Sporophila albogularis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Chapada Diamantina National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

95 Verified sightings at Chapada Diamantina National Park From 2019 to 2026
95 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the White-throated Seedeater

The white-throated seedeater (Sporophila albogularis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Sounds

Song0:18

Brazil · 2025

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1025714 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:56

Brazil · 2022

© Guilherme Melo · XC786321 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Canto1:06

Brazil · 2016

© Caio Brito · XC427960 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-throated Seedeater in Chapada Diamantina National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Seedeater sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-throated Seedeater in Chapada Diamantina National Park?

March, June–July and October–December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Seedeater in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a White-throated Seedeater?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated 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.

Where else can you see a White-throated Seedeater?

Only Chapada Diamantina National Park, in our data

Chapada Diamantina National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-throated Seedeater sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the White-throated Seedeater live in Chapada Diamantina National Park?

Same genus: Sporophila

The closest relatives of the White-throated Seedeater that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Yellow-bellied Seedeater (about 30%), White-bellied Seedeater (about 20%) and Plumbeous Seedeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the White-throated Seedeater sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-throated Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (95 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.

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