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Photo by Jamfaraco
Male on left, female on right photo. Location: SC, Brazil.

Euphonia violacea

[edit] Identification

11.4 cm. Glossy blue-black upperparts, deep golden yellow forehead and underparts. The female and immature are olive green above and greenish yellow below.

[edit] Distribution

Trinidad, Tobago, eastern Venezuela, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, northern Brazil, and the Guianas.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forests, second growth and plantations of cocoa and citrus fruit.

[edit] Behaviour

They build a ball shaped nest on a bank, tree stump or cavity; 3-4 red-blotched white eggs are laid and are incubated by the female.

The diet includes small fruit and they only rarely take insects.

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