Carrizal Seedeater

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

The Carrizal Seedeater is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater. These are birds in the family Cardinalidae, long placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae. 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. More

razing the island, and, at this time, the Carrizal Seedeater had not been identified as a new species. As a result, the island was cleared before its importance was fully-recognised. From examination of the three birds found, Lentino and Restall identified the Carrizal Seedeater as a separate species as it has a larger bill than other finches and small differences in plumage. The male is dull grey with splashes of blue, while the female is varying shades of yellow-brown. More

"The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long." said Robin Restall, one of the naturalists who made the discovery. "This bird may now be losing the most favorable habitat for its continued survival," he added. BirdLife International said the bird had a larger bill than other finches and small plumage differences. More

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The Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis), which lives in spiny bamboo, was found by researchers working for Audubon Venezuela, the local partner of Birdlife International, on an island on the Caroni River during a survey commissioned by the local electricity company, EDELCA. The survey was intended to assess the local wildlife and to see what could be done to compensate for the loss of the bamboo before work commenced on the new Tocoma Dam. More

identified the Carrizal Seedeater as a separate species as it has a larger bill than other finches and small plumage differences. The male is dull grey with splashes of blue, while the female is varying shades of brown. Another key factor in its identification is the fact that the poorly known seedeater group had never before been found in Venezuela and the geographically closest member of the group lives on the other side of the Andes mountains in Colombia and Ecuador. More

The Carrizal seedeater is a species of the blue-flecked finch. It has a larger bill than other finches and small plumage differences, Birdlife International said in a statement. The male is light gray with some blue feathers while the female is of various shades of brown. More

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Carrizal Seedeater Amaurospiza carrizalensis = Described by: Lentino; Restall (2003) Alternate common name(s): Carrizal Blue-black Seedeater Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Isla Carrizal, River Caroni, Venezuela - 2003 More

Carrizal Seedeater is a fine name, and better than Carrizal Blue Seedeater. More

three Carrizal Seedeaters that were found. Still, naturalists with BirdLife's affiliate in Venezuela, the Audubon group, said the same kind of bamboo existed in the surrounding Caroni basin. "There has to be more of them alive, hidden in the bamboo," Audubon Venezuela president Clemencia Rodner told Reuters. Audubon representatives said state electricity company EDELCA allowed the naturalists to do a wildlife inventory in 2001 but that by then it was too late to change the dam's plans. More

time, the Carrizal Seedeater had not been identified as a new species. As a result, the island was cleared before its importance was fully-recognised. EDELCA are very keen to pursue a new search for the finch in the vicinity, where the same bamboo is also found and are disappointed that the bird has not yet been found anywhere. The company has offered logistical support for a new expedition but has limited funds for conservation work. More