Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusSporophila (Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches)
- SpeciesSporophila funerea (Thick-billed Seed-Finch)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Emerald Tanager
Tangara florida
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Thick-billed Seed-Finch in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Thick-billed Seed-Finch sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 847 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Thick-billed Seed-Finch in Arenal Volcano National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Thick-billed Seed-Finch in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.