Slate-colored Seedeater

Slate-colored Seedeater

Sporophila schistacea

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cali

In 3 days <5%

7 Verified sightings at Cali
358 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Slate-colored Seedeater

The slate-coloured seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae. The bird's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forests. It is found in southern parts of Central America, the southwestern Amazon Basin, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Guianas. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Uncertain0:49

Panama · 2026

© William Adsett · XC1094478 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:01

Peru · 2024

© Richard E. Webster · XC965128 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:30

Colombia · 2024

© David Monroy Rengifo · XC918391 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
2 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
3 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
4 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
5 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
7 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
8 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
9 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Slate-colored Seedeater in Cali?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-colored Seedeater sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 208th most-seen of the 226 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Slate-colored Seedeater in Cali?

Any time of year

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

What time of day is best to see a Slate-colored Seedeater?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slate-colored 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 Slate-colored Seedeater?

Only Cali, in our data

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

Where does the Slate-colored Seedeater sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Slate-colored Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Cali (7 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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