Cabanis's seedeater

The Cabanis's seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor) is a species of bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.[2] It is found in highland forest and woodland, mainly near bamboo, in southern Mexico and Central America. Due to its association with bamboo, it is often local and erratic in occurrence, but overall it is not considered threatened and therefore listed as Least Concern by BirdLife International and IUCN.[1]

Cabanis's seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Amaurospiza
Species:
A. concolor
Binomial name
Amaurospiza concolor
Cabanis, 1861

Cabanis's seedeater was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Ecuadorian seedeater under the common name "blue seedeater".[3]

Two subspecies are recognised:[3]

  • A. c. relicta (Griscom, 1934) – southwest Mexico
  • A. c. concolor Cabanis, 1861 – south Mexico, Belize, Honduras to Panama

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Amaurospiza moesta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Amaurospiza concolor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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