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title: "Variable Seedeater"
description: "Sporophila corvina — Uccelli. The variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina) is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of northwestern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/variable-seedeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variable Seedeater

> Sporophila corvina — Uccelli. The variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina) is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of northwestern South America.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila corvina*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6389
- Wikidata: [Q3121257](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3121257)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54980](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54980)

## Names

- en: Variable Seedeater
- de: Mohrenpfäffchen
- es: Semillero variable
- fr: Sporophile variable
- nl: Noordelijk bont dikbekje
- pl: Ziarnojadek kruczy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2722), PA (1747), EC (537), MX (123), CO (118), NI (88), HN (81), BZ (45), GT (7), PE (6)

## Summary

The variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina) is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of northwestern South America. The taxonomy is confusing, and it was formerly considered a subspecies of Sporophila americana (see Taxonomy). Even within the variable seedeater as presently defined, there are great variations in plumage.

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

## Photo

![Variable Seedeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variable-seedeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4863869

## Machine access

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