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''Amaurospiza'' is a genus of birds. These "seedeaters" were formerly associated with the American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae or (in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy) the Fringillidae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''amauros'' ("dusky") + ''spiza'' ("finch"). Actually, they are part of the tanager-cardinal lineage. The AOU moved this genus into the Cardinalidae family in 2008.〔(N&MA Check-list Committee Proposals 2008-B. )〕 They may actually belong in one genus with the aberrant blue "grosbeaks" of the genus ''Cyanocompsa''. If that is correct, the dickcissel in the genus ''Spiza'' would, quite amusingly, indeed turn out to be one of their closest living relatives. ''Amaurospiza'' contains the following species: * Blue seedeater, ''Amaurospiza concolor'' * * Slate-blue seedeater, ''Amaurospiza (concolor) relicta'' * Carrizal seedeater, ''Amaurospiza carrizalensis'' * Blackish-blue seedeater, ''Amaurospiza moesta'' ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amaurospiza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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