Green-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea)

Other Names (World)
Green-throated Euphonia, Green-chinned Euphonia

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Mikan, 1825)

Habitat
Lowland forest, forest edge and overgrown plantations. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B).

South-eastern Brazil (from R��o de Janeiro south to central Rio Grande do Sul) and adjacent eastern Paraguay (Canindey� south to Guair� and Itapu�) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones and Corrientes).

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) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Includes cactus fruits, mistletoes.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

Green-chinned Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea) [XC551896]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Forestal Belga (Cruce Caballero), San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (song)

Green-chinned Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea) [XC217376]
by Miguel Angelo Biz from S\u00e3o Francisco de Paula, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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