Sporophila is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

They are relatively small with stubby, conical bills adapted for feeding on seeds and alike.

[3] The genus Spermophila was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827.

[4] The type species was subsequently designated as Temminck's seedeater (Sporophila falcirostris) by George Robert Gray in 1841.

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these seven species were embedded in Sporophila.