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FIG. 1. The range of the Blackish-blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta). Black dots indicate occurrences in the 
Atlantic Forest and white boxes with dots indicate occurrences in the Cerrado: I = Tranqueira (Hellmayr 1929), 2 = 
Fazenda Harmonia (Silva 1995b), 3 = Lizarda, 4 = Santa Maria do Tocantins, 5 = Miracema do Tocantins (Pacheco et al. 
2007). 6 = Fazenda Bata de Pedra (this study). 7 = Santo Antonio River (this study), and 8 = Abaete River (this study). 
Gray tones indicate the main vegetation types (Olson et al. 2001). 
border of Brazilian Pantanal, the world largest 
floodplain (Silva et al. 2001). The tape-recorded 
bird was collected and deposited in the collection 
of DZUFMG (# 5771). This specimen weighed 
l4 -5 g, and had an ossified skull, enlarged testes 
(9X6 mm), and light fat indicating breeding 
condition and likely breeding activities in the 
area. The collection site was formerly an un¬ 
flooded tall semideciduous to deciduous forest, 
logged about 40 years ago and converted into 
