Birds of Nicaragua


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


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.


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


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


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


Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) Male Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) Female Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

On male, note yellow crown (cap) covering entire front and top of head, and black throat. Female is all yellow like [Thick-billed Euphonia].


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


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.

Birds of Nicaragua BETA