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Euphonia gouldi

Photo by Reini
Photo taken in Costa Rica

[edit] Identification

9.5 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] Distribution

Caribbean, Mexico to western Panama.

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[edit] Habitat

Wet forests.

[edit] Behaviour

It 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.

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