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ViewsOlive-backed EuphoniaFrom Opus
 Photo taken in Costa Rica
[edit] Identification9.5 cm long and weighs 12g. Olive upperparts, yellow forehead, rufous belly surrounded by yellow. Female is less glossy than the male, chestnut forehead, yellow underparts and a small rufous belly patch. [edit] DistributionCaribbean, Mexico to western Panama. [edit] Taxonomy[edit] HabitatWet forests.
[edit] BehaviourIt builds a spherical cup nest, with a side entrance, hidden in a tree. 3 brown-marked white eggs are laid. The diet includes small fruits. The Olive-backed Euphonia’s call is a metallic chrrr-chrrr, and the song is mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles. [edit] External Links
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