- Euphonia rufiventris
Identification
10 cm (4 in)
- Short, stout bill
Male
- Dark blue upperparts, head, throat and chest
- Orange-rufous lower breast and belly
Distribution
South America: found from South East Colombia to southern Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid and wet terra firme and várzea forests. Observed at 610 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of small fruit and berries.
Breeding
There is no information available.
References
- 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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2017)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-bellied Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-bellied_Euphonia
