Avibase: Sporophila corvina (Variable Seedeater)

Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina (Sclater, PL 1860)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Manuel Pérez R.	2025-12-21	, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama)	-	649310586 macaulaylibrary.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	GABRIEL LEITE	2014-07-08	Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1900 m)	male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	186826 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Dave Slager	2017-09-12	Gamboa (pueblo), Colón, Panama, Colón (Panama)	- Natural song from seen adult male mimicking other species (including Scrub Greenlet song, Thraupis song, and Myiozetetes vocs) at 6:11am. Highpass filter 250 Hz in Ocen Audio.	100704461 macaulaylibrary.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Brian Cox	2001-04-08	Humedal de Yalare, south of San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, San Lorenzo (Ecuador) (30 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes	730095 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Olaf Jahn	1997-11-28	Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, Río Santiago, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (60 m)	calls, song - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Edited playback-used:no	262686 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Olaf Jahn	1996-09-01	Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, Río Santiago, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (60 m)	begging calls, juvenile - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	262688 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Kent Livezey	2017-06-05	Finca Bayano (La Jagua Marsh), Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (0 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	378899 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Manuel Sanchez-Nivicela	2024-08-24	Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha, Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Ecuador) (480 m)	call, song, subsong - Amplified and HPF applied	951707 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	rudy gelis	2023-03-31	Pichincha: Mindo 1275 m, San Miguel de los Bancos (Ecuador) (1300 m)	song - [also] [sono]	820921 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater (Variable) - Sporophila corvina [ophthalmica Group]	robert beauchamp	2025-09-23	, Los Santos (Panama)	-	642579945 macaulaylibrary.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Olman Chaves Calderón	2024-11-19	Esquipulas, Quepos. Puntarenas, Tarrazú (Costa Rica) (260 m)	- [sono]	950046 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Orlando Jarquín G.	2014-09-20	Rio San Juan, Río San Juan (Nicaragua) (90 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	196687 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Manuel Sanchez-Nivicela	2020-01-31	Palanda, Palanda Canton, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda (Ecuador) (1100 m)	song - Amplified and HPF applied	951700 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina hoffmanni	Andrew Spencer	2011-02-07	Las Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Puntarenas, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (50 m m)	song - natural vocalization	72318 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Peter Boesman	2010-03-21	Esquinas lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Puntarenas, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (100 m)	song - (Background: Great-tailed Grackle)	274204 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Patricio Mena Valenzuela	1996-04-00	Esmeraldas: San Miguel, Río Cayapas, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (70 m)	song - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	275689 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	John V. Moore	1997-11-00	Guayas: road to Guayaquil from Catamayo, Guayas & Santa Elena (Ecuador) (540 m)	calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	259842 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	John V. Moore	2003-03-00	Guayas: between 'Hostería Atamari' and main road, Guayas & Santa Elena (Ecuador) (137 m)	song - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD At dawn playback-used:no	259840 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	rudy gelis	2023-09-11	Mindo (near San Carlos), Cantón San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha, San Miguel de los Bancos (Ecuador) (1500 m)	call - male perched ca. 4m up; short call note throughout file is ca. 3.3-5.7kHz	831084 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Peter Boesman	2010-03-22	Esquinas lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Puntarenas, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (100 m)	call - (Background: Blue-black Grassquit)	274057 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Peter Boesman	2015-02-26	Altos del Maria area, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama)	song - [sono]	271589 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Nick Tepper	2022-02-23	Arenal Observatory Lodge, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Alajuela (Costa Rica)	-	422673721 macaulaylibrary.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina ophthalmica	Olaf Jahn	1996-08-29	Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, Río Santiago, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (60 m)	calls, male - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Some intervals shortened playback-used:no	262687 xeno-canto.org
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina	Antonio Xeira	2022-11-26	, Bocas del Toro (Panama)	-	533584811 macaulaylibrary.org

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