Slate-blue Seedeater

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Slate-blue Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Passeroidea
Family: see text
Genus: Amaurospiza
Species: A. relicta
Binomial name
Amaurospiza relicta
(Griscom, 1861)

The Slate-blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza relicta) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae or Cardinalidae. It was formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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