Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
10 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (79)...)

Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) [XC325683]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Taquara - Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil (mimic)

Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) [XC222948]
by Eric DeFonso from Rio Grande area, Bolivar, Venezuela (call)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Subspecies rodwayi weakly differentiated, and perhaps better subsumed in nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rodwayi (Penard, TE, 1919) - Eastern and southern Venezuela and Trinidad.
violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Guianas, and northern Brazil (north of R Amazon east of R Jamund�; south of Amazon from R Madeira east to Maranh�o).
aurantiicollis Bertoni, AW, 1901 - Eastern Brazil (Piau�� south to Goi�s, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, then west to western Paran� and south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) - 10 files

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