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- Amaurospiza concolor
Includes: Slate-blue Seedeater; Ecuadorian Seedeater
Identification
12·5 cm (5 in). Short tail
Male
- Very dark blue
Female cinnamon-brown
Variations
Subspecies relicta is more slaty
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Three subspecies recognized[1], which do not overlap in range with each other.
- A. c. relicta (Slate-blue Seedeater):
- Mountains of southern Mexico (southern Jalisco to Guerrero, Morelos and Oaxaca)
- A. c. concolor :
- Mountains of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
- A. c. aequatorialis (Ecuadorian Seedeater):
Subspecies relicta from Mexico west of Isthmus is sometimes split as Slate-blue Seedeater.[2] Gill and Donsker split aequatorialis as Ecuadorian Seedeater and name the remaining species Cabanis's Seedeater.
Habitat
They can be found in the undergrowth of tropical woodlands and forests, especially where bamboo grows.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of seeds, particularly bamboo. Also insects and possibly leaf petioles of bamboo.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124#Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Seedeater
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
