Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch vs Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Sporophila angolensis compared with Sporophila minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch	Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family same	Thraupidae	Thraupidae
Genus same	Sporophila	Sporophila
Species	Sporophila angolensis	Sporophila minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch and Ruddy-breasted Seedeater share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Sporophila.

View Genus: Sporophila

Conservation Status

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

LC — Least Concern

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch	Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

The Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch (Sporophila angolensis) is a species in the genus Sporophila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

A tiny, chestnut-red seedeater of open grasslands, weedy fields, and marshes distributed across Central America and most of South America east of the Andes to Argentina, ruddy-breasted seedeaters have warm rufous-red plumage in males with darker wings. Among the most widely distributed Sporophila seedeaters, they thrive in disturbed agricultural landscapes and secondary growth. They forage in small to large flocks on grass seeds and cereal crops. Least Concern with populations benefiting from agricultural expansion.