Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris) [XC65575]
by Andrew Spencer from ARCC, Madre de Dios, Peru (call)
Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris) [XC673326]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Nueva Esperanza, Federico Roman, Pando Department, Bolivia (call)
Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. May form a superspecies with Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) and Golden-sided Euphonia (Euphonia cayennensis).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
carnegiei Dickerman, 1988 - Southern Venezuela south to headwaters of rivers Orinoco, Ventuari, Cauca, Paragua and Cuyuní.
rufiventris (Vieillot, 1819) - Eastern Colombia south to eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Peru (Carabaya) and northern Bolivia (R Surutú, in Santa Cruz), and Amazonian Brazil (east to R Negro and vicinity of R Xingu).