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[[Image:Olive-backed_Euphonia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini <br/>Photo taken in Costa Rica ]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photo taken in Costa Rica
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9.5 cm long and weighs 12g. Olive upperparts, yellow forehead, rufous belly surrounded by yellow. Female is less glossy than the male,  chestnut forehead, yellow underparts and a small rufous belly patch.
  
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The adult Olive-backed Euphonia is 9.5 cm long and weighs 12g. The adult male has glossy olive upperparts, a yellow forehead, and a rufous belly surrounded by yellow. The adult female has less glossy upperparts than the male, a chestnut forehead, yellow underparts and a small rufous belly patch. Immatures are darker, duller, and have olive underparts.
 
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The Olive-backed Euphonia, Euphonia gouldi, is a small passerine bird in the finch family.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama.
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[[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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The Olive-backed Euphonia is found in wet forests, tall second growth and adjacent bushy clearings, typically from sea level to 750 m altitude, sometimes up to 1000 m. Frequent canopy and middle levels of wet forest,coming lower at gaps and edges,in semi-open,tall second growth,and clearings with scattered trees and shrubs.
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Wet forests.
  
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The spherical cup nest, with a side entrance, is hidden amongst epiphytes or mosses 2-11 m high in a tree. The normal clutch is three brown-marked white eggs.
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It builds a spherical cup nest, with a side entrance, hidden in a tree. 3 brown-marked white eggs are laid.
  
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The Olive-backed Euphonia occurs in small groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. This species feeds mainly on small fruits.
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The diet includes small fruits.
  
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The Olive-backed Euphonia’s call is a metallic chrrr-chrrr, and the song is mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles.
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The Olive-backed Euphonia’s call is a metallic ''chrrr-chrrr'', and the song is mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles.
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 13:30, 13 November 2007

Euphonia gouldi
Photo by Reini
Photo taken in Costa Rica

Identification

9.5 cm long and weighs 12g. Olive upperparts, yellow forehead, rufous belly surrounded by yellow. Female is less glossy than the male, chestnut forehead, yellow underparts and a small rufous belly patch.

Distribution

Caribbean, Mexico to western Panama.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Wet forests.


Behaviour

It builds a spherical cup nest, with a side entrance, hidden in a tree. 3 brown-marked white eggs are laid.

The diet includes small fruits.

The Olive-backed Euphonia’s call is a metallic chrrr-chrrr, and the song is mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles.

External Links

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