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Photo by Reini
Location: Fortuna, Costa Rica.

Euphonia hirundinacea

[edit] Identification

Male - yellow below and blue above, female plumage is dull green, they have short tails and stocky bodies.

[edit] Distribution

NE Mexico to W Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

In dry areas pefers gallery forest and moist evergreen woodland; in wetter areas inhabits forest edge, semi-open, plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

5 eggs are laid and are incubated by the female, though both parents feed the young.

The diet includes fruit.

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