Chestnut-throated Seedeater

The Chestnut-throated Seedeater , also known as the Tumaco Seedeater, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, sandy shores, and heavily degraded former forest.

The Chestnut-throated Seedeater is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco) - Hundreds of them in Catamayo, but we also saw them in various other places in the west. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus unicolor) Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus plebejus) Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus alaudinus) Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica) - Some of the bamboo was seeding in Cajanuma and Tapichalaca, so this normally rare bird was actually quite common for a change. More