Double-collared Seedeater

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Emas National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

20 Verified sightings at Emas National Park From 2019 to 2026
3,304 In all 15 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Double-collared Seedeater

The double-collared seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, as well as the southern border of Colombia on the Amazon River.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. It is a dimorphic species, with the male having a gray head and back, a black-collared throat, paired with a black band just below, across the upper whitish breast. It has gray legs, a medium length tail, and the stout bill for seed-eating. The female is less colorful.

The species ranges from central Argentina east of the Andes cordillera northwards through Bolivia and Paraguay, and northeastwards into south-central Brazil, and southeast coastal Brazil; the species retreats into Amazonia during the austral winter. The double-collared seedeater is only found in the southern Amazon Basin, limited by the Amazon River as its northern limit.

In the west Amazon Basin it is found in eastern regions of Peru, the Ucayali River areas, and mostly the eastern bank of the north-flowing river. In the southeast Basin... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:11

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150804 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:30

Brazil · 2026

© Marcelo J Feliti · XC1120000 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:06

Brazil · 2025

© Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC973024 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
2 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
4 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
5 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
6 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
7 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
8 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
9 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
10 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
11 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
12 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
13 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
14 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
15 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
~20%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
3 Campinas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
6 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
7 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
8 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
9 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Montevideo 🇺🇾 Uruguay
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Double-collared Seedeater in Emas National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Double-collared Seedeater sighting in Emas National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 187 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Double-collared Seedeater in Emas National Park?

March

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Double-collared Seedeater in Emas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Emas National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against almost none in July. April and December–February have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Double-collared Seedeater?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Double-collared 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.

Which relatives of the Double-collared Seedeater live in Emas National Park?

Same genus: Sporophila

The closest relatives of the Double-collared Seedeater that you can see in Emas National Park (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Plumbeous Seedeater (about 60%), Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch (about 10%) and Pearly-bellied Seedeater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Double-collared Seedeater sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Double-collared Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Emas National Park (20 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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