- Euphonia hirundinacea
Identification
10 cm (4 in). As with all Euphonias, they have short tails and stocky bodies
Male
- Yellow underparts including the throat
- Blue upperparts
- Yellow forehead (just reaches the crown in front of the eye)
Female: plumage is dull green with pale belly and dark legs.
Distribution
Central America: found from north-eastern Mexico to western Panama.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- E. h. hirundinacea:
- E. h. gnatho:
- North-western Nicaragua to Costa Rica and extreme western Panama
Habitat
In dry areas prefers gallery forest and moist evergreen woodland; in wetter areas inhabits forest edge, semi-open, plantations. Cloud forests.
Behaviour
Breeding
The clutch consists of 5 eggs which are incubated by the female, though both parents feed the young.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of fruit and berries (mostly mistletoe and figs). They probably also eat some insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- AvianWeb
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-throated Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-throated_Euphonia
External Links
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