Fulvous-vented Euphonia - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies fulvicrissa
Photo by Stanley Jones
Summit Gardens, Panama City, Panama, February 2018

Euphonia fulvicrissa

Identification

Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama, March, 2013

9 cm (3½ in)
Male

• Lemon-yellow forehead patch
• Blue upperparts
• Yellow underparts
• Brownish-red undertail coverts

Sexually dimorphic

Distribution

North-western South America: found in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• E. f. fulvicrissa:

• Humid lowlands of central Panama to north-western Colombia

• E. f. omissa:

• Tropical central Colombia

• E. f. purpurascens:

• Tropical south-western Colombia (Nariño) to north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas)

Habitat

Feeding action Subspecies fulvicrissa
Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Panama, January 2004

Humid lowland and mixed rain forest; riparian, secondary humid forest, shrubby clearings observed at heights around 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of small fruits and probably arthropods as well.

Breeding

They build a covered nest with a side entrance.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)
3. BF Member observationsa

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-vented Euphonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-vented_Euphonia

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