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title: "Chestnut-bellied Seedeater"
description: "Sporophila castaneiventris — Birds. The chestnut-bellied seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chestnut-bellied-seedeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

> Sporophila castaneiventris — Birds. The chestnut-bellied seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila castaneiventris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1195
- Wikidata: [Q3114684](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3114684)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9498)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
- de: Rotbauchpfäffchen
- es: Espiguero buchicastaño
- fr: Sporophile à ventre châtain
- nl: Roodbuikdikbekje
- pt: Caboclinho-de-peito-castanho
- pl: Ziarnojadek brązowobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (253), PE (252), EC (210), CO (107), GF (88), BO (33), GY (22), SR (4)

## Summary

The chestnut-bellied seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-bellied_seedeater

## Photo

![Chestnut-bellied Seedeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-bellied-seedeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226657535

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-bellied-seedeater?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).