Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusSporophila (Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches)
- SpeciesSporophila morelleti (Morelet's Seedeater)
Closest Relatives at Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Black Catbird
Melanoptila glabrirostris
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
Yucatán Vireo
Vireo magister
📅 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 Morelet's Seedeater in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Morelet's Seedeater sighting in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, based on 145 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Morelet's Seedeater in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Morelet's Seedeater in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in our monthly data.