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Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 243, February 273, March 275, April 158, May 108, June 123, July 135, August 70, September 62, October 60, November 84, December 160.
Costa Rica1,751
Panama1,149
Provincia Alajuela539
Provincia de Panamá477
Provincia Puntarenas437
Ecuador354
Provincia Heredia308
Provincia Limón264
Colón Province255
Pichincha182

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyTanagers and Allies · Thraupidae
GenusTypical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches · Sporophila

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