Bronze-green Euphonia - BirdForum Opus

Photo by kitefarrago
Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge, Manu NP, Madre de Dios, Peru, August 2017

Euphonia mesochrysa

Identification

9–10 cm (3½-4 in)
Thick stubby bill
Male

• Narrow dark-ollive band over bill (not always noticeable)

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• E. m. mesochrysa:

• Central Colombia (Magdalena Valley) to eastern Ecuador

• E. m. media:

• Subtropical Andes of northern and central Peru

• E. m. tavarae:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru to north-western Bolivia

Habitat

Rather wet and humid montane cloudforests, and steep hillside forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of fruit and berries with the likely addition of some insects too.

Breeding

There is currently no information regarding their breeding behaviour.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Apr 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bronze-green Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bronze-green_Euphonia

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