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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila nigricollis
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-throated Tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Tangara dowii
📅 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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Morelet's Seedeater sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 71 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Morelet's Seedeater in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
June has the highest sighting rate for Morelet's Seedeater in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.