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Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis



Family: Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Authority: (Verreaux, 1869)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd; C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is Vulnerable because the population is likely to be small and rapidly declining as a result of deforestation (compounded by its dependence on bamboo) and trapping (Collar et al. 1992). It can appear numerous at bamboo flowering events, but these concentrations of birds may represent a high proportion of the population.



Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,040,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/buffy-fronted-seedeater-sporophila-frontalis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.