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 LC    Blue-crowned Chlorophonia* Id (Atlas):
    Chlorophonia occipitalis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia, Blue-crowned Tanager

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Du Bus De Gisignies, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 500 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Eastern Mexico (from Veracruz) south to northern Nicaragua.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis) [XC221004]
     by Richard E. Webster from Valle Nacional road, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

 
Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis) [XC333838]
     by Dan Lane from Canada Honda, near El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus has sometimes been merged with Euphonia. Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that both genera belong in family Fringillidae. Forms a superspecies, and formerly considered conspecific, with Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys).


References
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Files:
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