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<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Guacamayos Ridge at Loreto Road. East-slope of the Andes, Napo Province, [[Ecuador]], December 2007]]
 
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The diet consists almost entirely of fruit, with some insects also eaten.
 
The diet consists almost entirely of fruit, with some insects also eaten.
 
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==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
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Revision as of 18:50, 31 August 2016

Subspecies insignis
Photo by Stanley Jones
Guacamayos Ridge at Loreto Road. East-slope of the Andes, Napo Province, Ecuador, December 2007
Euphonia cyanocephala

Identification

11 cm

Distribution

Trinidad and Tobago, also widespread throughout South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Luis R
La Azulita, Estado Mérida, Venezuela, March 2013

Subspecies

There are three subspecies[1]:

  • E. c. pelzelni:
  • E. c. insignis:
  • East slope of Andes of southern Ecuador
  • E. c. cyanocephala:

Habitat

Subtropical cloudforest and forest borders. Observed at heights around 2700 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists almost entirely of fruit, with some insects also eaten.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
  3. BF Member observations

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