Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)  
Genus: Euphonia (5 species, 25 worldwide)


Scrub Euphonia
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis affinis)
La Ensenada Lodge, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Scrub Euphonia
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis) Female
Yucatan, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Edward Boyd   © All Rights Reserved.

Note white undertail, yellow vent (white in west Mexico), and on male dark blue (almost black). Female yellow with greyish head and nape.

West Mexican Euphonia
West Mexican Euphonia (Euphonia godmani) Male ENDEMIC
Tecuitata, Nayarit, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Alan Harper     Copyright and usage info

Recently split from the Scrub Euphonia.

Olive-backed Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi praetermissa) Male
Rio Danta, Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Olive-backed Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi praetermissa) Female
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea gnatho) Male
Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-throated Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea gnatho) Female
Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


White-vented Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta humilis) Female
La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

White-vented Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta minuta) Immature Male
Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A tiny euphonia. Note yellow confined to forehead on male, and distinctive white markings on female.


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