Golden-bellied Euphonia - BirdForum Opus

Male, subspecies chrysopasta
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Madre de Dios Department, Peru, 12 September 2018

Alternative name: White-lored Euphonia

Identification

9–10 cm (3½-4 in); the only euphonia in its range with white lores.

Female, subspecies chrysopasta
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Madre de Dios Department, Peru, 12 September, 2018

There are 2 subspecies^[1]

Canopy of humid Amazon lowland forest, river edges and swamps. Observed at heights around 290 m.

Their diet consists of fruit, seeds and insects.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Hilty, S. (2019). White-lored Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61798 on 4 August 2019).
Golden-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/gobeup1
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BirdForum Member observations

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden-bellied Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-bellied_Euphonia

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