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Seed eater

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(Zool.) any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.

See also: Seed



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There are basically two types of bird categories: seed eaters or hard-bills, like finches and canaries, and hookbills like parakeets and cockatiels.
A seed eater, the red-rumped agouti is also a scatterhoarder--it caches large quantities of seeds throughout the forest as a hedge against meager food resources in the future.
Birdfeeders Suitable for American Goldfinches American Goldfinches, like other members of the finch family are mainly seed eaters and they will eat seeds from a wide variety of plants including ragweed, sunflowers, alder etc.
 
 
 
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