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Male above, female beow
Photo by Luiz
Presidente Figueiredo, AM, Brazil, September 2016
Euphonia plumbea

Identification

9 cm (3½ in) short, stubby bill
Male

  • Dark blue head, throat and upperparts
  • Yellow underparts

Distribution

South America: found from south Venezuela to Guyana, Suriname and northern Amazonian Brazil

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

They can be found in savanna with scattered trees and the borders of savanna forest; scrubby open woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small fruits and berries.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)

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