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[[Image:Yellow-throated_Euphonia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Reini|Reini}}<br />Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]], February 2005]]
[[Image:Yellow-throated_Euphonia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini<br />Location: Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]].]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Euphonia|Euphonia]] hirundinacea
 
;[[:Category:Euphonia|Euphonia]] hirundinacea
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Male - yellow below and blue above, female plumage is dull green, they have short tails and stocky bodies.
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10 cm (4 in). As with all [[:Category:Euphonia|Euphonias]], they have short tails and stocky bodies<br />
 
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'''Male'''
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*Yellow underparts including the throat
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*Blue upperparts
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*Yellow forehead (just reaches the crown in front of the eye)<br />
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'''Female''': plumage is dull green with pale belly and dark legs.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
NE [[Mexico]] to W [[Panama]].
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[[Central America]]: found from north-eastern [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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[[Image:20100221-045745.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Dave+Clark|Dave Clark}}<br />[[Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve]], [[Costa Rica]], February 2010]]
 
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====Subspecies====
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Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''E. h. hirundinacea'':
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:*Gulf-[[Caribbean]] lowlands of eastern [[Mexico]] to eastern [[Nicaragua]]
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*''E. h. gnatho'':
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:*North-western Nicaragua to [[Costa Rica]] and extreme western [[Panama]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
In dry areas pefers gallery forest and moist evergreen woodland; in wetter areas inhabits forest edge, semi-open, plantations.
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In dry areas prefers gallery forest and moist evergreen woodland; in wetter areas inhabits forest edge, semi-open, plantations. Cloud forests.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
5 eggs are laid and are incubated by the female, though both parents feed the young.
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====Breeding====
 
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The clutch consists of 5 eggs which are incubated by the female, though both parents feed the young.
The diet includes fruit.
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====Diet====
 
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Their diet consists mostly of fruit and berries (mostly mistletoe and figs). They probably also eat some insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#AvianWeb
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Euphonia+hirundinacea}}
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{{GSearch|"Euphonia hirundinacea" {{!}} "Yellow-throated Euphonia"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Euphonia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Euphonia]]

Latest revision as of 21:07, 28 January 2023

Photo by Reini
Fortuna, Costa Rica, February 2005
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:

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

  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. AvianWeb
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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