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;[[:category:Amaurospiza|Amaurospiza]] concolor | ;[[:category:Amaurospiza|Amaurospiza]] concolor | ||
| + | [[Image: SouthernMexico 11 0121(Blue Seedeater).jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult male<br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />El Ocote, west of Tuxtla Guttierez, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], July 2009]] | ||
'''Includes: Slate-blue Seedeater''' | '''Includes: Slate-blue Seedeater''' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Male very dark blue except in ''relicta'' which is more slaty, female cinnamon-brown. | Male very dark blue except in ''relicta'' which is more slaty, female cinnamon-brown. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]:<br /> |
| + | '''Central America''': [[Mexico]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Three subspecies recognized, which does not overlap in range with each other. | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| − | Subspecies ''relicta'' from Mexico west of Isthmus is sometimes split as '''Slate-blue Seedeater'''. | + | Three subspecies recognized, which does 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'': | ||
| + | :*Mountains of south-western [[Colombia]] (Nariño) to northern [[Peru]] (Cajamarca) | ||
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| + | Subspecies ''relicta'' from Mexico west of Isthmus is sometimes split as '''Slate-blue Seedeater'''.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist montanes. | Moist montanes. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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# Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 | # Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 | ||
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- Amaurospiza concolor
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Includes: Slate-blue Seedeater
Identification
Male very dark blue except in relicta which is more slaty, female cinnamon-brown.
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Three subspecies recognized, which does 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:
Subspecies relicta from Mexico west of Isthmus is sometimes split as Slate-blue Seedeater.[2]
Habitat
Moist montanes.
Behaviour
References
- 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.
- Avibase
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Seedeater
