Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)

Other Names (World)
Olive-backed Euphonia, Gould's Euphonia

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 500 m, occasionally up to 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

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 (6)...)

Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) [XC274680]
by Ross Gallardy from Las Heliconias Lodge, Alajuela, Costa Rica (song)

Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) [XC349283]
by Kent Livezey from The Lodge at Pico Bonito, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Proposed subspecies loetscheri (described from Dos Amates, north-east of Catemaco, in Veracruz) considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

gouldi Sclater, 1857 - Gulf-Caribbean slope of Mexico (southern Veracruz east to southern Quintana Roo, south to northern Oaxaca and northern Chiapas) south through northern Guatemala and Belize to Honduras.
praetermissa (Peters, JL, 1929) - Extreme south-eastern Honduras, eastern Nicaragua, eastern Costa Rica (locally also on Pacific slope in Guanacaste) and north-western Panama (north-western Veraguas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) - 10 files

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