Species profile
Drab Seedeater
Sporophila simplex
Quick answer
Arid s Ecuador; upper Marañon Valley of n Peru south to Ica
- Scientific name
- Sporophila simplex
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sporophila
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Drab Seedeater in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Thraupidae
- Ash-breasted Sierra-finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
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- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis)
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Porphyrospiza alaudina)
- Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
- Bay-chested Warbling-finch (Castanozoster thoracicus)