Sporophila schistacea
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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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-colored Seedeater sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 162 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 449 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-colored Seedeater in Soberanía National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
Among the best
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Slate-colored Seedeater sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 4th at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, under 5%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, under 5%) and Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same genus: Sporophila
The closest relatives of the Slate-colored Seedeater that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Variable Seedeater (about 40%), Yellow-bellied Seedeater (about 10%) and Thick-billed Seed-Finch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slate-colored Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Soberanía National Park (162 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.
