The copper seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) is named because the adult male's body plumage is an evocative, uniform copper or rich cinnamon colour, which makes it distinct from other seedeaters. The Latin name Sporophila was coined by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1844 and combines the Ancient Greek sporos meaning seed and philos meaning loving. It was formerly linked with the pearly-bellied seedeater (Sporophila pileata) and known together as the capped seedeater before being split in 2012. The Copper Seedeater lives in South America, mainly Brazil's Cerrado (dry savanna/grasslands) near water, from the Amazon mouth to Paraguay/Argentina, preferring tall grasslands/marshes. The Pearly-bellied Seedeater covers southern Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina.
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