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Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
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About the Blue Seedeater
The blue seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor) or Cabanis's seedeater is a species of bird in the cardinal family that is found in southern Mexico and Central America. The Ecuadorian seedeater (Amaurospiza aequatorialis) was formerly considered a subspecies of the blue seedeater.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Amaurospiza concolor
- Family
- Cardinals and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the cardinals and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
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