It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Buffy-throated Seedeater is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Buffy-Throated Seedeater - Sporophila frontalis = IUCN Status: Vulnerable IUCN Species Profile :: Environmental Program: The Last Noah's Ark ::: Sporophila frontalis; Pichochó; Buffy-throated Seedeater. Sporophila hypochroma; Caboclinho-de-sobre-ferrugem; Rufous-rumped Seedeater. ... http://www.damisela.com/zoo/ave/pajaros/passeri/emberizidae/nombres.htm Escribanos: ...- ... Negrito Chirrí, Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina. Espiguero Pichochó, Buffy-throated Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis. Espiguero ... http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline10. More