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Alternative name: Carrizal Blue-black Seedeater

Amaurospiza carrizalensis

Identification

12 cm
Male

  • Glossy blue-black
  • Black wings
  • Bright blue shoulder
  • White underwing coverts and axillars
  • Large, deep, conical, dark grey bill

Female

  • Light buff-brown
  • Olive-grey bill

Distribution

South America: found only in northern Venezuela (lower Río Caroni in Bolívar).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1 that was only described in 2003.

Habitat

Bamboo forest on river islands.

Behaviour

The diet includes weevil.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BirdLife International

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