- Euphonia hirundinacea
Identification
As with all Euphonias, they have short tails and stocky bodies
Male: yellow below including the throat and blue above except for yellow on the front that 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
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- E. h. hirundinacea:
- E. h. gnatho:
- North-western Nicaragua to Costa Rica and extreme western Panama
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
The diet includes fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- AvianWeb
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-throated Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-throated_Euphonia
