Listen to the blue seedeater
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the blue seedeater
The blue seedeater is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes).
What does the blue seedeater sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The blue seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor) or Cabanis's seedeater is a species of bird in the cardinal family that is found in southern Mexico and Central America. The Ecuadorian seedeater (Amaurospiza aequatorialis) was formerly considered a subspecies of the blue seedeater.
Related birds in the genus Amaurospiza
More from the family Cardinalidae
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer tanager
Piranga rubra
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Lazuli bunting
Passerina amoena
Black-backed grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Frequently asked questions
What does a blue seedeater sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the blue seedeater on this page, including its song and call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
What family does the blue seedeater belong to?
The blue seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1591459 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Blue seedeater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Bruno Conjeaud – Public domain