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Euphonia affinis

Photo by ana maria
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador.

[edit] Identification

A tiny (9-11cm) finch with short bill, curved culmen.

• Male is glossy blue-black (the perception of color depending on the light) with a golden-yellow forecrown patch and yellow underparts. The throat and bib are black. Pacific slope birds have a white crissum.
• Female is olive below, with lighter, more yellow breast, and greenish-olive back.

[edit] Distribution

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

[edit] Taxonomy

Once considered to be tanagers, modern classification puts the Euphonias in the finch family.

[edit] Habitat

Broadleaf deciduous forests, scrub, brushy fields, and agricultural areas. Prefers drier habitat than other Euphonias.

[edit] Behaviour

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