Lesson's seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae).

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

[3] Males have a mostly black head with large white whisker mark; females have an olive-brown back and pale yellowish belly with a dull yellow bill.

[5] Their natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.