Great-billed Seed Finch
Sporophila maximiliani
ENEndangered
- Family
- Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The great-billed seed finch (Sporophila maximiliani) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. They are found in two separate general populations, one in the northern Amazon rainforest and the other in the Cerrado. They live in flooded areas with nests low to the ground.
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Range and habitat
Eastern Venezuela (now rare), and at least formerly western Guyana, eastern French Guiana, and northern Brazil (no recent records), and disjunctly central and eastern Brazil (now rare).
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Great-billed seed finch
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
