Birds of the World

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


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

Scrub Euphonia
Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis) Female
Range: MA: e Mexico to Costa Rica
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.

Tawny-capped Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae anneae) Male
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Colombia
Canopy San Luis, San Ramon-Alajuela, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Tawny-capped Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae anneae) Female Immature
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Colombia
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-sided Euphonia
Golden-sided Euphonia (Euphonia cayennensis) Male
Range: SA: n Amazonia
 
   
Photograph by Marco Cruz   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-sided Euphonia
Golden-sided Euphonia (Euphonia cayennensis) Female
Range: SA: n Amazonia
Manaus, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Green-chinned Euphonia
Green-chinned Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: e Paraguay ne Argentina and se Brazil
Vale do Ribeira, Registro-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info

Green-chinned Euphonia
Green-chinned Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: e Paraguay ne Argentina and se Brazil
Vale do Ribeira, Registro-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info


Purple-throated Euphonia
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris) Male
Range: SA: Guianan Shield, dry valleys of c Andes, Amazonia to se Brazil and nc Argentina
Piraju-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info

Purple-throated Euphonia
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris) Female
Range: SA: Guianan Shield, dry valleys of c Andes, Amazonia to se Brazil and nc Argentina
Piraju-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info

Male very similar to male Orange-bellied Euphonia, but yellow more 'pure' (Birds of Peru). Female more uniform yellow-olive without the grey collar.

White-lored Euphonia
White-lored Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta nitida) Male
Range: SA: Guiana Shield and Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

White-lored Euphonia
White-lored Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta chrysopasta) Female
Range: SA: Guiana Shield and Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Velvet-fronted Euphonia
Velvet-fronted Euphonia (Euphonia concinna) Male
Range: SA: Colombia
Utica, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Velvet-fronted Euphonia
Velvet-fronted Euphonia (Euphonia concinna) Female
Range: SA: Colombia
Utica, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found only in a small dry zone in central Colombia. Note the small size of the yellow patch on forehead of male compared to other euphonias.

Finsch's Euphonia
Finsch's Euphonia (Euphonia finschi) Male
Range: SA: Venezuela and Guianas
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.


Fulvous-vented Euphonia
Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa fulvicrissa) Male
Range: MA, SA: c Panama to nw Ecuador
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Fulvous-vented Euphonia
Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa omissa) Female
Range: MA, SA: c Panama to nw Ecuador
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Doradal, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common in its range.

West Mexican Euphonia
West Mexican Euphonia (Euphonia godmani) Male
Range: MA: w Mexico
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
Range: MA: se Mexico to Panama
Rio Danta, Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Olive-backed Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi praetermissa) Female
Range: MA: se Mexico to Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea gnatho) Male
Range: MA: e Mexico to Panama
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
Range: MA: e Mexico to Panama
Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Spot-crowned Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans) Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Providencia de Dota, Costa Rica
  Spots on back of crown above eye can be difficult to see.
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Spot-crowned Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans) Female
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
RN Los Cusingos, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


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Jamaican Euphonia (Euphonia jamaica)
Range: NA: Jamaica
   



Thick-billed Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Male
Range: MA, SA: sw Costa Rica to w Amazonia
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Thick-billed Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Female
Range: MA, SA: sw Costa Rica to w Amazonia
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note yellow neck all the way to the bill. The Thick-billed Euphonia is common and is more likely to be outside the forest than others.
Additional photo.

Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) Male
Range: MA: Nicaragua to Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) Female
Range: MA: Nicaragua to Panama
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.

Bronze-green Euphonia
Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa) Male
Range: SA: e slope Andes from c Colombia to c Bolivia
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info

Bronze-green Euphonia
Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa mesochrysa) Female
Range: SA: e slope Andes from c Colombia to c Bolivia
Mocoa, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found only in the forest. Male has yellow forehead and belly.

White-vented Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta humilis) Female
Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to Ecuador, Guianas to c Bolivia
La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

White-vented Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta minuta) Immature Male
Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to Ecuador, Guianas to c Bolivia
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.

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) Male
Range: SA: e Paraguay, c, se Brazil and ne Argentina
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) Female
Range: SA: e Paraguay, c, se Brazil and ne Argentina
Serra dos Tucanos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Plumbeous Euphonia
Plumbeous Euphonia (Euphonia plumbea) Male
Range: SA: n
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-bellied Euphonia
Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris) Male
Range: SA: s Orinoco basin and w, c Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufous-bellied Euphonia
Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris rufiventris) Female
Range: SA: s Orinoco basin and w, c Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note lack of yellow in front on male. The female is described as yellow-olive, and having a light colored belly and grey nape.

Orange-crowned Euphonia
Orange-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia saturata) Male
Range: SA: wc Colombia to far nw Peru
Reserva Ecologica Manglares-Churute, Guayas, Ecuador
  Note orange cap covers entire head.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Although found in many habitat types, semi-open dry habitats may be its favorite. Female uniformly colored with no grey.

Trinidad Euphonia
Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis) Male
Range: SA: e Colombia and c Venezuela through the Guianas and to n Brazil
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Trinidad Euphonia
Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis) Female
Range: SA: e Colombia and c Venezuela through the Guianas and to n Brazil
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Violaceous Euphonia
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) Male
Range: SA: n, sc
Puerto Igauzu, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Violaceous Euphonia
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea aurantiicollis) Female
Range: SA: n, sc
Folha Seca, Ubatuba, São Paulo state, Brazil
  Uniformly yellow like Thick-billed female.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-bellied Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster chocoensis) Male
Range: MA, SA: far e Panama to trans-Andean nw Peru; cis-Andean Venezuela to c Bolivia and wc Brazil; disjunctly ec Brazil
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
  Belly may appear yellow.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Orange-bellied Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster) Female
Range: MA, SA: far e Panama to trans-Andean nw Peru; cis-Andean Venezuela to c Bolivia and wc Brazil; disjunctly ec Brazil
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
  Note grey patches.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread and common.


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