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[[Image:Olive-backed Euphonia 3 Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />Sarapiqui, Heredia Province, [[Costa Rica]], March 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Euphonia|Euphonia]] gouldi
 
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[[Image:Olive-backed_Euphonia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini <br/>Photo taken in Costa Rica ]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==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.  
 
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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[[Image:Olive-backed_Euphonia.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Reini|Reini}} <br/>[[Costa Rica]], February 2005]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]].
 
[[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''E. g. gouldi'':
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:*[[Caribbean]] slope of easterb [[Mexico]] (Veracruz) to [[Honduras]]
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*''E. g. praetermissa'':
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:*Extreme easterb Honduras to westerb [[Panama]] (Bocas del Toro)
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Wet forests.
 
Wet forests.
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
 
It builds a spherical cup nest, with a side entrance, hidden in a tree. 3 brown-marked white eggs are laid.
 
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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====Diet====
 
The diet includes small fruits.
 
The diet includes small fruits.
 
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====Vocalisation====
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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'''Call''': a metallic ''chrrr-chrrr''<br />
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'''Song''': a mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Euphonia+gouldi}}  
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{{GSearch|"Euphonia gouldi" {{!}} "Olive-backed Euphonia"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category: Euphonia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category: Euphonia]]

Latest revision as of 22:56, 7 August 2023

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Sarapiqui, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, March 2006
Euphonia gouldi

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.

Photo © by Reini
Costa Rica, February 2005

Distribution

Caribbean, Mexico to western Panama.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • E. g. gouldi:
  • E. g. praetermissa:
  • Extreme easterb Honduras to westerb Panama (Bocas del Toro)

Habitat

Wet forests.

Behaviour

Breeding

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

Diet

The diet includes small fruits.

Vocalisation

Call: a metallic chrrr-chrrr
Song: a mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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