Olive-backed Euphonia
Euphonia gouldi
Very small finch of humid evergreen forest and edge in tropical lowlands. Usually in pairs, which associate loosely with other euphonias, especially when feeding at mistletoe or fruiting trees. Both sexes bronzy green overall with deep rusty vent (extending into belly stripe on male). Forehead patch yellow on male and deep rusty on female.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Euphonia gouldi
- Authority
- Sclater, PL, 1857
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Euphonia
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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