[order] Passeriformes | [family] Emberizidae | [latin] Sporophila nigricollis | [UK] Yellow-Bellied Seedeater | [FR] Sporophile a ventre jaune | [DE] Gelbbauchpfaffchen | [ES] Espiguero Corbatita Amarillo | [IT] Beccasemi collonero | [NL] Geelbuik-dikbekje
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Sporophila | nigricollis | LA | Costa Rica to Bolivia | ||
| Sporophila | nigricollis | inconspicua | |||
| Sporophila | nigricollis | nigricollis | |||
| Sporophila | nigricollis | vivida |
Physical charateristics
The belly of the male is very pale yellow verging on the white. It has a black hood and olive-brown upperparts. The male’s bill is light blue-grey in contrast to that of the female whose bill is dark. The female is light brown and yellowish below.
Listen to the sound of Yellow-Bellied Seedeater
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| wingspan min.: | 0 | cm | wingspan max.: | 0 | cm |
| size min.: | 11 | cm | size max.: | 12 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 12 | days | incubation max.: | 14 | days |
| fledging min.: | 8 | days | fledging max.: | 9 | days |
| broods: | 2 | eggs min.: | 2 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. Found in grassy or shrubby clearings and agricultural land. It is less urban than the Double-collared and the Lined Seedeaters
Reproduction
The nest tapers slightly to a blunt cone which fits into the crotch formed by three or
four twigs in a small tree or shrub; the cup is round and shallow. Invariably clusters
of leaves conceal the nest from above. The materials used are brown, dry grass stems with some rather stiff fibers, such as those in the sheath at the base of a date palm leaf. Ckutch size it 2-3 eggs which are incubated for about 12-14 days by the female only. The nestling period is eight or nine days. Only the female broods, but both sexes feed the young.
four twigs in a small tree or shrub; the cup is round and shallow. Invariably clusters
of leaves conceal the nest from above. The materials used are brown, dry grass stems with some rather stiff fibers, such as those in the sheath at the base of a date palm leaf. Ckutch size it 2-3 eggs which are incubated for about 12-14 days by the female only. The nestling period is eight or nine days. Only the female broods, but both sexes feed the young.
Feeding habits
Mainly grass seeds. It lives in dispersed pairs during the mating period and gathers in flocks, which may be quite large, during other periods.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,200,000 km