seedeater

[seed-ee-ter]

noun

1. any of numerous small, tropical American finches, especially of the genus Sporophila.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seedeater¹

First recorded in 1875–80; seed + eat + -er ¹

Example Sentences

There’s also the plumbeous seedeater, Sporophila plumbea, or “mountain canary,” which is cheaper and as a result, more available, according to a December 2018 bird trafficking report by Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring network.

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In the Alamo Inn’s gift shop, a whiteboard lists recent bird sightings in the valley: Morelet’s seedeater; ferruginous hawk; crimson-collared grosbeak; golden-crowned warbler.

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Jose Luis showed me in his book what I had missed by looking left instead of right: rufous-breasted chat-tyrant, slaty brush finch, black-and-white seedeater and Perija tapaculo.

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Their preferences in color and pattern caused the evolution of different species of seedeater, all with the same behavior and diet, but with males that look different.

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While the white-bellied seedeater is fine with looking and sounding rather dull.

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