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BLACKISH-BLUE SEEDEATER Amaurospiza moesta
NEAR THREATENED ATLANTIC FOREST
Bamboo nomads as they are often known are a group of unrelated species that wander the Atlantic Forest searching for seeding bamboo upon which they feed almost exclusively. As a result the fragmentation of the forest has hit them hard, and few harder than this species which has declined alarmingly and is now almost impossible to see in neighbouring Brazil. Males are wholly black, females are a rich chestnut colour.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3887PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2013).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3888PH) Adult male frontal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2013).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1334PH) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1335PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1334PH) (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1336PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1334PH) (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE1337PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE1338PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE1339PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1338PH) (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE1340PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Bernard Oosterbaan March 2008).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1333VI) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3889VI) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2013).
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Amaurospiza moesta
1 (FPAVE1341RE) Song recorded Ocampos, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez October 2001).
2 (FPAVE1342RE) Song recorded Sudameris, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez November 2001).
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