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title: "Einfarbspelzer"
description: "Sporophila intermedia — Vögel. The grey seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/gray-seedeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Einfarbspelzer

> Sporophila intermedia — Vögel. The grey seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila intermedia*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 1117
- Wikidata: [Q2226426](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2226426)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9487](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9487)

## Names

- en: Gray Seedeater
- de: Einfarbspelzer
- es: Espiguero pico de plata
- fr: Sporophile intermédiaire
- nl: Blauwgrijs dikbekje
- pt: Papa-capim-cinza
- pl: Ziarnojadek ciemnonogi

## Countries with the most observations

CO (750), VE (89), BR (24), GY (12), TT (3)

## Summary

The grey seedeater (Sporophila intermedia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Einfarbspelzer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-seedeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel van der Post · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7138185

## Machine access

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