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	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Another key factor in its identification is the fact that the poorly known seedeater group had never before been found in Venezuela and the geographically closest member of the group lives on the other side of the Andes mountains in Colombia and Ecuador.
		Carrizal Island, as EDELCA property, was already scheduled for deforestation for development of the Tocoma Dam, part of a major hydroelectric project along the length of the Caroni river.
		The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long.
	www.fatbirder.com /news/index.php?article=289 (669 words)

	Carrizal Seedeater. Who is Carrizal Seedeater? What is Carrizal Seedeater? Where is Carrizal Seedeater? Definition of ...
		The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater in the family Emberizidae.
		It is one of a group of passerines which are frequently called finches, but are not in the family Fringillidae.
		This bird lived on Isla Carrizal in the Caura River, in northern Venezuela.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Carrizal_Seedeater (115 words)

	Researchers discover new bird as refuge is lost - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Only two years after its initial discovery, ornithologists are fearing the extinction of the Carrizal seedeater, after the bird's only known nesting location, on an uninhabited river islet in eastern Venezuala, was destroyed to make way for a new hydro-electric dam in the Orinoco basin.
		Carrizal Island, as EDELCA property, was already scheduled for deforestation for development of the Tocoma Dam, part of a major hydro-electric project along the length of the Caroni river.
		Another key factor in its identification is that seedeaters have never before been found in Venezuela and the geographically closest member of the group lives on the other side of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador.
	www.rspb.org.uk /international/science/carrizal.asp?view=print (602 words)

	New species found - just as its home is lost
		The new species has been named the Carrizal Seedeater Amaurospiza carrizalensis after the tiny islet where it was discovered.[1,2] Only three birds were found on Isla Carrizal in eastern Venezuela and it is not known what size the population of the small, blue-flecked finch may be.
		“The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long.” says Robin Restall.
		The photographs of the Carrizal Seedeater on this web page are available for one-off media use.
	www.birdlife.org /news/pr/2003/10/seedeater.html (838 words)

	Carrizal Seedeater - Definition, explanation
		The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater in the family Emberizidae.
		It is one of a group of passerines which are frequently called finches, but are not in the family Fringillidae.
		This bird lived on Isla Carrizal in the Caura River, in northern Venezuela.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ca/carrizal_seedeater.php (129 words)

	Bird and Birding in Venezuela - bird lists, book reviews, tour information, itineraries, conservation projects
		One of the expeditions was to Isla Carrizal at 07°54'N, 63°04'W, a large uninhabited island thickly covered with groves of spiny Guadua latifolia (" carrizal ") and Ripidocladus sp.
		The new seedeater came to light because the Venezuelan electricity company, EDELCA, had commissioned a study of local wildlife before commencing work on the new Caruache Dam across the Río Caroní.
		Isla Carrizal was already scheduled for deforestation for development of the Dam.
	www.birdvenezuela.com /venezuela_birds_news.htm (1156 words)

	New species found - just as its home is lost
		The discovery of the seedeater was a surprise to researchers Miguel Lentino and Robin Restall (who conduct occasional studies for BirdLife’s Partner in Venezuela, Audubon Venezuela), because the River Caroni area in the Orinoco Basin has been relatively well-covered by biodiversity surveys in the past.
		Another key factor is the fact that the poorly known seedeater group had never before been found in Venezuela and the geographically closest member of the group lives on the other side of the Andes mountains in Colombia and Ecuador.
		However, work on the project began before the seedeater had been identified as a new species, and the island was cleared of its vegetation to allow building.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2003/10/new_seedeater.html (580 words)

	English name of Amaurospiza carrizalensis
		I propose that we modify Lentino and Restall's name to just "Carrizal Seedeater." I have no enticing alternatives, so a "NO" vote on this proposal is interpreted as "something other than" Carrizal Seedeater, to be determined later, and I'm open to suggestions.
		In any case, at least in Costa Rica "carrizal" means bamboo thicket, which I gather is the situation in Venezuela - but this is by no means universal as in Colombia the equivalent terms are "guadual" (the big, spiny native construction bamboo) and "chuscal" (smaller montane bamboos).
		If other committee members object to Carrizal Seedeater on the grounds of regional differences in the meaning of "Carrizal", then I could be persuaded to go with Gary's suggestion of "Canebrake Seedeater".
	www.museum.lsu.edu /~Remsen/SACCprop92.html (452 words)

	edie news centre - New bird species found as habitat is destroyed
		The Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis), which lives in spiny bamboo, was found by researchers working for Audubon Venezuela, the local partner of Birdlife International, on an island on the Caroni River during a survey commissioned by the local electricity company, EDELCA.
		A member of the seedeater group has never before been found in Venezuela, and the Carrizal Seedeater's closest relatives live in Colombia and Ecuador on the other side of the Andes.
		As with all newly discovered species, the Carrizal Seedeater's taxonomic status is currently being evaluated by Birdlife's Taxonomic Working Group.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=7693 (469 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Only three birds were found on Isla Carrizal in eastern Venezuela and it is not known what size the population of the small, blue-flecked finch may be.
		The reason the finch had not been discovered until now is because its habitat is spiny Guadua bamboo, impenetrable physically and visually, and because Carrizal is itself an uninhabited islet in the middle of the River Caroni.
		The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long.
	www.fatbirder.net /news/index.php?article=289 (669 words)

	Planet Ark
		In that time, the bird's habitat of thickets of spiny bamboo on the island were razed as part of the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam, Birdlife International said in a statement sent to Reuters.
		"The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long." said Robin Restall, one of the naturalists who made the discovery.
		With their habitat gone, it was not clear what had happened to the three Carrizal Seedeaters that were found.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=22638 (394 words)

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		From examination of the three birds collected, Carrizal Blue-fl Seedeater was identified as a separate species on basis of its larger bill compared with other finches and because of small differences in plumage.
		The new seedeater was only discovered because a Venezuelan electricity company, EDELCA, had commissioned a survey to assess local wildlife before commencing work on a dam across the nearby Caura river.
		Carrizal Island, as EDELCA property, was already scheduled for deforestation for development of the Tocoma Dam, part of a major hydro-electric project along the length of the Caroni river.
	www.dutchbirding.nl /journal/species.html (12527 words)

	Athens Eco Latino
		Debido a que en el área donde vive el Semillero de Carrizal también se han encontrado unas 10 nuevas especies de peces y un grupo nuevo de camarones, muchos grupos conservacionistas le están pidiendo al gobierno venezolano que declare unas 4.500 hectáreas del Río Caura reserva de fauna.
		While collecting samples of the spiny guadua bamboo that grows on Carrizal Island, three little birds were captured.
		Since the area where the carrizal seedeater live has also produced about ten new fish species and a new group of shrimp, many conservationist groups are asking the Venezuelan government to declare a new fauna reserve of about 4,500 hectares along the Caura river.
	www.athensecolatino.com /v1n10/naturaleza.html (639 words)

	Scientists discover new bird species - www.theage.com.au
		Scientists had discovered a new bird species but its habitat was being threatened by a dam project in a southeastern Venezuela river basin, a British environmental organisation said today.
		Birdlife International said the new species has been named the Carrizal Seedeater, or Amaurospina carrizalensis, after the tiny islet in the Caura River where it was discovered by researchers Miguel Lentino and Robin Restall.
		The Carrizal Seedeater is a species of the blue-flecked finch.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/10/23/1066631537727.html?from=storyrhs (357 words)

	Auk, The: A new species of Amaurospiza blue seedeater from Venezuela
		One of the expeditions was to Isla Carrizal at 07[degrees]54'N, 63[degrees]04'W, a large uninhabited island thickly covered with groves of spiney Guadua latifolia and Ripidocladus sp.
		Blue Seedeaters are all associated to a greater or lesser extent with bamboo (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Stiles and Skutch 1989, Sick 1993, Howell and Webb 1995, M. Lentino pers.
		The pattern of fragmentary distribution is typical of nomadic bamboo-dependent seedeaters, for example, Slatecolored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea; Kratter 1997) and Sooty Grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa; Sick 1993).
	www.24hourscholar.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200307/ai_n9274826 (1394 words)

	RSPB East Anglia Region Media Release 22 October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Only two years after its initial discovery, ornithologists are fearing the extinction of the Carrizal Seed-eater, after the bird's only known nesting location, on an uninhabited river islet in eastern Venezuala, was destroyed to make way for a new hydro-electric dam in the Orinoco basin.
		The discovery of the finch in 2001, reported in journal The Auk, surprised researchers Miguel Lentino and Robin Restall, because the wildlife of the area has already been surveyed relatively extensively.
		Photographs: Photographs of the Carrizal Seedeater will be available from the embargo date at this link, or from BirdLife International beforehand.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /peter.wright827/media_release_20031022_2.html (606 words)

	Print Article: Scientists discover new bird species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Scientists had discovered a new bird species but its habitat was being threatened by a dam project in a southeastern Venezuela river basin, a British environmental organisation said yesterday.
		Birdlife International said the new species has been named the Carrizal Seedeater, or Amaurospina carrizalensis, after the tiny islet in the Caura River where it was discovered by researchers Miguel Lentino and Robin Restall.
		It has a larger bill than other finches and small plumage differences, Birdlife International said in a statement.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/10/23/1066631564126.html (324 words)

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		This photo shows new bird species of the blue-flecked finch, Carrizal Seedeater, or Amaurospina carrizalensis.
		The Carrizal Seedeater lives near the Caura River, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Caracas, Venezuela, and has a larger bill than other finches and small plumage differences.
		A British environmental organization said this week the Carrizal Seedeater's habitat is being threatened by a dam project in a southeastern Venezuela river basin.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /interactive/world/0310/gallery.Oct.24/content.11.html (68 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		date = 2003}} {{Taxobox end}} The '''Carrizal Seedeater''', ''Amaurospiza carrizalensis'', is a recently discovered species of seedeater in the family Emberizidae.
		The species has been described based on three specimens; its only known habitat -- spiny bamboo on that island -- has been cleared to allow construction of a dam, but researchers are hopeful of finding the birds living elsewhere.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Carrizal Seedeater.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Carrizal_Seedeater.html (202 words)

	Researchers discover new bird species just as its refuge is lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The new species has been named the Carrizal Seedeater after the tiny islet where it was discovered.
		The discovery of the finch, reported in journal The Auk, was a surprise to researchers Miguel Lentino and Robin Restall, who conduct occasional studies for BirdLife’s Partner in Venezuela, Audubon Venezuela, because the River Caroni area in the Orinoco Basin has been relatively well-covered by biodiversity surveys in the past.
		“In the surrounding area of this lower basin of the Caroni, there are extensive patches of spiny Guadua bamboo and we are convinced that the Carrizal Seedeater will be found in them.
	www.talkwildlife.citymax.com /page/page/809004.htm (606 words)

	600 new species of fish have been discovered New species uncovered in Venezuela The WE News ...
		It took two years for researchers to conclude the bird, of which three examples were found, was a new species. They called it the Carrizal Seedeater.
		In that time, the bird's habitat of thickets of spiny bamboo on the island were razed as part of the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam, Birdlife International said in a statement Wednesday sent to Reuters.
		With their habitat gone, it was not clear what had happened to the three Carrizal Seedeaters that were found.
	www.thewe.cc /contents/more/archive/august2003/new_species_uncovered_in_venezuela.htm (2626 words)

	This Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Carrizal seedeater was first spotted in July 2001.
		The gray seed-eating finch highlighted with splashes of blue was named after an uninhabited islet on the Caroni River in Southern Venezuela.
		With their habitat gone, it is unclear what has happened to the three Carrizal seedeaters that were found.
	www.calacademy.org /thisweek/Archive/2003/20031029.html (1300 words)

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		The species was spotted on Carrizal Island, an originally uninhabited islet on the Caroni River in biodiverse southeastern Venezuela, in July 2001.
		Three examples were found, but in the two years it took to determine the bird was indeed a new species, its habitat of trees and thickets were removed as part of the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam.
		The discovery of the Carrizal seedeater has been overshadowed by the knowledge that its only habitat has been destroyed.
	www.americanforests.org /downloads/forestbytes/ForestBytes_Vol_IV_Issue_40.txt (2725 words)

	Planet Ark : New Venezuela Bird Species Found, Loses Island Home
		In that time, the bird's habitat of thickets of spiny bamboo on the island were razed as part of the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam, Birdlife International said in a statement sent to Reuters.
		"The discovery of the Carrizal Seedeater is an exciting development for global bird life, but the discovery is tempered with the knowledge that we have now destroyed the place where it hid from us for so long." said Robin Restall, one of the naturalists who made the discovery.
		In August, scientists announced the discovery in the South American nation of 10 new fish species, including a "punk" catfish with a spiky head and a piranha that eats fruit as well as fish.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/22638/story.htm (612 words)

	AR-News: Bird found - then habitat destroyed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was found to be new to science, and dubbed the Carrizal blue-fl seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis) after the tiny uninhabited island on the river Caroni where it was found.
		But last week Lentino revealed that the electricity company had cleared the impenetrable bamboo thicket on the island, the bird's only known habitat, before the seedeater's importance was realised.
		The researchers are now praying that it will be found in similar vegetation near the river.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20031103/009683.html (259 words)

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