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title: "Morelet's Seedeater"
description: "Sporophila morelleti — Birds. Morelet's seedeater (Sporophila morelleti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/morelet-s-seedeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Morelet's Seedeater

> Sporophila morelleti — Birds. Morelet's seedeater (Sporophila morelleti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila morelleti*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8591
- Wikidata: [Q31874551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31874551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [827413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/827413)

## Names

- en: Morelet's Seedeater
- de: Schwarzbrustpfäffchen
- es: Semillero de collar
- fr: Sporophile de Morelet

## Countries with the most observations

MX (4788), BZ (798), CR (688), HN (621), US (319), SV (311), GT (269), NI (128), PA (91)

## Summary

Morelet's seedeater (Sporophila morelleti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Texas to Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelet%27s_seedeater

## Photo

![Morelet's Seedeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/morelet-s-seedeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Juan J. Morales-Trejo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85691000

## Machine access

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