White-throated Seedeater

White-throated Seedeater

Sporophila albogularis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Belo Horizonte

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

18 Verified sightings at Belo Horizonte
95 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
December 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 Belo Horizonte?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Seedeater sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 158th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-throated Seedeater in Belo Horizonte?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Seedeater in Belo Horizonte on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

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 Belo Horizonte, in our data

Belo Horizonte is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-throated Seedeater sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

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 Belo Horizonte (18 verified sightings), 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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