Seedeater


The seedeaters are a form taxon of seed-eating passerine birds with a distinctively conical bill.
Most are Central and South American birds that were formerly placed in the American sparrow family, but are now known to be tanagers closely related to Darwins finches. Indeed, some of the birds listed here seedeaters are closer to these "finches", while the more "true" seedeaters form a clade with some tanagers. A few "atypical" seedeaters are closely related to certain tanagers, many of which have peculiarly adapted bills.
In addition, there are some African passerines called seedeaters. They belong to the serin genus of the true finch family, but might need to be separated with their closest relatives in Crithagra.

American seedeaters

True seedeatersAmaurospiza - blue seedeaters Dolospingus - white-naped seedeaterOryzoborus - seed-finches Sporophila - typical seedeaters
Related to Darwin's finchesEuneornis - orangequitLoxigilla - Antillean bullfinches Loxipasser - yellow-shouldered grassquitMelanospiza - St. Lucia black finchMelopyrrha - Cuban bullfinchTiaris - typical grassquits
Atypical seedeatersAcanthidops - peg-billed finch Catamenia Haplospiza
Relatives of true seedeaters
These tanagers are the true seedeaters' closest relatives:Charitospiza - coal-crested finchLophospingus Sicalis - yellow-finches Volatinia - blue-black grassquit

African seedeaters