title: Slate-coloured seedeater
text: # Slate-coloured seedeater
  
  The slate-coloured seedeater (Sporophila schistacea) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The bird's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forests.
  
  It is found in southern parts of Central America, the southwestern Amazon Basin, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Guianas.
  
  