Amaurospiza
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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.
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Amaurospiza | |
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Blackish-blue seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta) | |
Scientific 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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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]