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 Darién National Park
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Sporophila minuta
Oryzoborus crassirostris
Sporophila crassirostris
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila nigricollis
Slate-colored Seedeater
Sporophila schistacea
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
Tachyphonus luctuosus
Loriotus luctuosus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
📅 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 Darién National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Thick-billed Seed-Finch sighting in Darién National Park, based on 261 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Thick-billed Seed-Finch in Darién National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Thick-billed Seed-Finch in Darién National Park in our monthly data.