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title: "Thick-billed Seed-Finch"
description: "Sporophila funerea — Ptaki. The thick-billed seed finch (Sporophila funerea) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/thick-billed-seed-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thick-billed Seed-Finch

> Sporophila funerea — Ptaki. The thick-billed seed finch (Sporophila funerea) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Sporophila funerea*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1328
- Wikidata: [Q28867703](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28867703)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367681](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367681)

## Names

- en: Thick-billed Seed-Finch
- de: Großschnabelreisknacker
- es: Semillero pico grueso
- fr: Sporophile à bec fort

## Countries with the most observations

CR (411), PA (272), CO (211), EC (91), HN (41), BZ (35), MX (35), NI (25), GT (10)

## Summary

The thick-billed seed finch (Sporophila funerea) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador. It is replaced by the closely related chestnut-bellied seed finch in South America east of the Andes, as well as the valleys of Cauca and Magdalena in Colombia. The two have often been considered conspecific as the lesser seed-finch (Sporophila angolensis).
The male is almost entirely black, with a small white wing patch. The female is a rich brown…

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

## Photo

![Thick-billed Seed-Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thick-billed-seed-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141221283

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/thick-billed-seed-finch?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).