Amaurospiza

Amaurospiza
Blackish-blue seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Amaurospiza
Cabanis, 1861
Type species
Amaurospiza concolor
Cabanis, 1861
Species

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Amaurospiza is a genus of seed-eating birds in the cardinal family Cardinalidae that are found in Central and South America.

These blue seedeaters are allopatrically distributed and show only small differences in plumage coloration and body measurements. They are sexually dimorphic in plumage: the male is slaty blue while the female is tawny brown. They favour bamboo thickets where they feed on buds, shoots and insects.[1][2]

  1. ^ Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 633–634. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference areta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).