Blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta)

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1853)

Habitat
Lowland and montane Atlantic forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B).

South-eastern Brazil (southern Esp��rito Santo south to Paran� and northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation through urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Blackish-blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta) [XC4014]
by Adrian Eisen Rupp from Estacao Ecologica de Angatuba, Sao Paulo State, Brazil (song)

Blackish-blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta) [XC602882]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Candelaria, Misiones, Argentina (automolus leucophtalmus, corythopis delalandi, leptotila verreuxi, vireo chivi,)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Molecular data indicate that genus may belong in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae), rather than in present one.

References
See References.

Files:

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Blue Seedeater see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Blue Seedeater

If you would like to read any articles about the Blue Seedeater...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Blue Seedeater

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Blue Seedeater or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (10)

No Videos of Blue Seedeater

If Birdpedia has no videos of Blue Seedeater or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)