Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,100 m.
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) [XC769415]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Porto Franco, Maranh\u00e3o Ecopousada Brasil, Brazil (song)
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) [XC272481]
by Roney Souza from Peperpot, Commewijne, Suriname (song)
Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Subspecies rodwayi weakly differentiated, and perhaps better subsumed in nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
rodwayi (Penard, TE, 1919) - Eastern and southern Venezuela and Trinidad.
violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Guianas, and northern Brazil (north of R Amazon east of R Jamundá; south of Amazon from R Madeira east to Maranhío).
aurantiicollis Bertoni, AW, 1901 - Eastern Brazil (Piauí south to Goiás, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, then west to western Paraná and south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet