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title: "Ruddy-breasted Seedeater"
description: "Sporophila minuta — Uccelli. The ruddy-breasted seedeater (Sporophila minuta) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ruddy-breasted-seedeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

> Sporophila minuta — Uccelli. The ruddy-breasted seedeater (Sporophila minuta) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila minuta*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2283
- Wikidata: [Q1306467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306467)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9492](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9492)

## Names

- en: Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
- de: Zwergpfäffchen
- es: Semillero pecho canela
- fr: Sporophile petit-louis
- nl: Dwergdikbekje
- pt: Caboclinho-lindo
- pl: Ziarnojadek rudobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (678), MX (377), PA (244), SV (154), NI (144), CR (99), VE (55), GF (39), BR (37), GT (31), HN (29), GY (12)

## Summary

The ruddy-breasted seedeater (Sporophila minuta) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, 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/Ruddy-breasted_seedeater

## Photo

![Ruddy-breasted Seedeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-breasted-seedeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262063134

## Machine access

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