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 LC    Elegant Euphonia* Id (Atlas):
    Euphonia elegantissima

Description (10)
Image of Elegant Euphonia
 

Other Names (World)
Elegant Euphonia, Blue-rumped Euphonia, Blue-hooded Euphonia

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. FRom 1,000 - 2,500 m, occasionally up to 3,050 m.

Range (Guide)
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

 
Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima) [XC5074]
     by Andrew Spencer from Agua Zarca, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (call)

 
Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima) [XC497543]
     by from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Sierra de San Juan--La Noria, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Present species forms a monophyletic species group with Golden-rumped Euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala) and Hispaniolan Euphonia (Euphonia musica), and all formerly considered conspecific. Widely separated geographically, the three do not differ greatly in voice or behaviour, although males differ somewhat in plumage, females less so. Subspecies vincens poorly differentiated, and perhaps better subsumed in nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • rileyi (van Rossem, 1942)   -  North-western Mexico (south-eastern Sonora and north-eastern Sinaloa).
  • elegantissima (Bonaparte, 1838)   -  Western and central Mexico (from southern Sinaloa, Guanajuato and southern Tamaulipas) south, mainly in mountains, to Belize, central and southern Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and central-northern Nicaragua.
  • vincens Hartert, 1913   -  South-western Nicaragua and mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (east to Veraguas).



References
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Files:
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