Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvadori, 1873

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 1,000 - 2,100 m, occasionally down to 150 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa) [XC242618]
by Niels Krabbe from Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutuc\u00fa: Uuntsuants, Ecuador (song)

Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa) [XC859175]
by id from Sadiri Lodge, Bolivia (song)

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

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

mesochrysa Salvadori, 1873 - Colombia (at head of Magdalena Valley in Huila; eastern slope of eastern Andes from eastern Cundinamarca and western Meta) south to eastern Ecuador (Napo and Morona-Santiago).
media (Zimmer, JT, 1943) - Northern and central Peru on eastern slope of Andes (Amazonas and Cajamarca) south to Cuzco (R Chanchamayo).
tavarae (Chapman, 1925) - South-eastern Peru (southern from R Tavara) southern on eastern slope of Andes to Bolivia (to Cochabamba and extreme western Santa Cruz).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa) - 10 files

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