Carrizal Seedeater

Carrizal Seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Genus: Amaurospiza Species: carrizalensis
Binomial name
Amaurospiza carrizalensis

The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater in the family Emberizidae. It is one of a group of passerines which are frequently called finches, but are not in the family Fringillidae.

This bird lived on Isla Carrizal in the Caura River, in northern Venezuela.

The males are gray with blue flecks, and the females are yellow.

The species has been described based on three specimens; its only known habitat--spiny bamboo on that island--has been cleared to allow construction of a dam, but researchers are hopeful of finding the birds living elsewhere.