Carrizal Seedeater

Amaurospiza carrizalensis Lentino & Restall, 2003

Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies

Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a passerine in the Cardinalidae family and is found in south Venezuela. It is known only from a very small area in the Caroni River watershed, where it occurs in stands of spiny Guadua and Ripidocladus bamboo within deciduous forest. The species was described by Lentino and Restall in 2003 from specimens collected in 2001. It was first given the name Carrizal blue seedeater, but the blue was later removed from the English name.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
Breeding range
South America: se Venezuela
Carrizal Seedeater