Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)

Other Names (World)
Thick-billed Euphonia, Black-tailed Euphonia (melanura)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
10 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry, moist lowland and swamp forest. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, 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 (53)...)

Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) [XC525032]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo from PNN Tayrona, sectores Ca\u00f1averal y Arrecifes, Colombia (?)

Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) [XC389330]
by Jerome Fischer from Puerto Libertador, C\u00f3rdoba, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Subspecies zopholega doubtfully distinct from nominate.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

crassirostris Sclater, PL, 1857 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica (from Guanacaste) south to Panama (both slopes from Cocl� east through Dari�n) and northern Colombia (southern on Pacific coast to central Choc�, throughout Cauca Valley and Magdalena Valley. Also in Arauca and Boyac�), and across northern and western Venezuela (east to western Sucre, and southern in llanos almost to R Orinoco).
hypoxantha von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - Pacific coast of Ecuador south to north-western Peru (southern Cajamarca).
melanura Sclater, PL, 1851 - Eastern Colombia (from Meta and Vichada) south through eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru (south to San Mart��n and northern Ucayali), and central Brazil (Acre and generally eastern across Amazon Basin south of R Amazon to western Par�).
zopholega (Oberholser, 1918) - East-central Peru (Jun��n and Cuzco).
laniirostris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - South-eastern Peru and northern Bolivia east to central Brazil (south-eastern Amazonas and central Mato Grosso).

References
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Files:

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