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Lined Seedeater

Sporophila lineola(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

English (US) Lined Seedeater

The Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds in northeastern Brazil, migrating to Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Amazonian Brazil; also breeds from southern Bolivia to southern Brazil, southward to Paraguay and northern Argentina; migrating to Amazonia; seasonal status (migrant or resident) in some regions not clearRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Sporophila lineola
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Lined Seedeater
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Loxia lineola
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Type locality
Asia ; error, emended to Surinam by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 26; further emended to Bahia, Brazil, by de Schauensee, 1952, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 104, p. 177.
Original description
Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.174

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 390 species of the family Thraupidae