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Genus: Amaurospiza

Description

All members of this genus are seedeaters where males are mostly blue to blackish-blue, females are brownish to rufous. The Carrizal Seedeater was not described until 2003.

Taxonomy

Amaurospiza has traditionally been placed as a genus in the family Emberizidae but with some authors arguing for a placement in Cardinalidae. Recent genetic data indicates that the placement in Cardinalidae is indeed the correct one, with members of genus Cyanocompsa as close relatives.


Genus Amaurospiza view • edit
A. concolor Blue Seedeater
A. carrizalensis Carrizal Seedeater
A. moesta Blackish-blue Seedeater

References

  1. SACC proposal for transferring genus Amaurospiza to Cardinalidae

Pages in category ‘Amaurospiza’

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

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