Copyright: monacoeye • All rights reserved • Itatiaia November 2009

Bird name: Chestnut Bellied Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia pectoralis
Other: Ferro-velho (Br) • Fruterito alcalde, tieté, tangará alcalde (Es)
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Similar:

The Chestnut-bellied Euphonia is very beautifully coloured, with a royal blue coat, yellow shoulder and rust-coloured underparts. The female (further below) is greenish on top with an indistinct blue cap and only a small patch of chestnut underneath near the tail.

The Chestnut-bellied Euphonia was not common at the feeders in Itatiaia and seemed only to appear when all other tourists had left. It lives in southeastern South America, mostly in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Also seen at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge.

Below, male Chestnut-bellied Euphonia at Ypê, Itatiaia, Brazil


Below, male Chestnut-bellied Euphonia at Serra dos Tucanos, Brazil
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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ubatuba, 2009

Bird name: Violaceous Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia violacea
Other:
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: N, SC South America, including Brazil Atlantic Forest
Similar: Thick-billed Euphonia, Purple-throated Euphonia

We saw these Violaceous Euphonias at Jonas’ fruit feeders in Ubatuba. Pretty much identical to the Thick-billed Euphonia, which fortunately is not in range on the coast of Brazil.

The male Violaceous Euphonia has blue-black upperparts and yellow-orange underparts and forehead. The female is greenish above and yellowish below.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, El Valle, May 2010

Bird name: Thick Billed Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia laniirostris
Other:
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Amazonia
Similar: Yellow-throated Euphonia

The Thick-billed Euphonia is the feeder bird at the Canopy Lodge in El Valle, Panama. Literally dozens fly in, of all ages.

The male Thick-billed Euphonia is all yellow underneath and dark blue-black above, with yellow forecrown.

The female, directly below, is dull yellow green. A juvenile male, lowest photo, shows half way stage between female/juvenile plumage and adult male. White marks in the wings of adults can only be seen in flight (photo below).

A pair pictured below were collecting moss and spiderwebs to build a nest.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Spot Crowned Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia imitans
Other:
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: SW Costa Rica and Pacific W Panama (W Chiriqui)
Similar: Yellow Crowned Euphonia

Pictured is a female Spot-crowned Euphonia seen in Finca Hartmann in Chiriqui, Panama. She is identified by tawny cap and belly. The male is more difficult to ID - similar to the Yellow-crowned Euphonia but with spotting on crown.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, El Valle, May 2010

Bird name: Tawny Capped Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia anneae
Other:
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, northwestern Colombia
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The Tawny-capped Euphonia is the only euphonia in its range with large tawny cap. We saw them a couple of time in El Valle, one with lemon yellow underparts and the other with a more orange colour below.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Yellow Crowned Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia luteicapilla
Other:
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: Nicaragua, Costa Rica to eastern Panama
Similar: Spot Crowned Euphonia

A record shot of the Yellow-crowned Euphonia in central Panama. Looks like the Thick-billed Euphonia but with black throat and neck. Female, below, is yellow and olive.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Elegant Euphonia
Latin: Euphonia elegantissima
Other: Blue-hooded Euphonia • Eufonia gorriazul (Es)
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Euphonias
Range: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, W Panama.
Similar:

I couldn’t coax this Elegant Euphonia further out from its tangle of branches near Lago Volcan in western Panama.

The Elegant Euphonia is the only euphonia in its range with pale blue hood, black face, yellow-orange below, dark upperparts. In Panama, only found in western highlands.

221 Fringillidae - Finches, Euphonias, Chlorophonias, Siskins, Seedeaters, Grosbeaks, Canaries - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Fringilla coelebs - Common Chaffinch - C, W, Eurasia, also N Africa & Canary Islands
Fringilla teydea - Blue Chaffinch - Canary Islands
Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling - Widespread Eurasia, also N Africa

Serinus pusillus - Red-fronted Serin - C, SC Eurasia
Serinus serinus - European Serin - W, SW, Eurasia, also N Africa
Serinus syriacus - Syrian Serin - Syria & Iraq to Egypt
Serinus canaria - Atlantic Canary - Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira
Serinus thibetanus - Tibetan Serin - Nepal to SW China & N Burma
Serinus canicollis - Cape Canary - S Africa, E Zimbabwe
Serinus flavivertex - Yellow-crowned Canary - NE, E Africa, C Angola
Serinus nigriceps - Ethiopian Siskin - Ethiopia
Serinus estherae - Mountain Serin - Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Asia, also Sulawesi

Crithagra citrinelloides - African Citril - S Sudan; W, C Ethiopia, W Kenya
Crithagra frontalis - Western Citril - ce
Crithagra hyposticta - Southern Citril - E, SE Africa
Crithagra capistrata - Black-faced Canary - C Africa
Crithagra koliensis - Papyrus Canary - EC Africa
Crithagra scotops - Forest Canary - South Africa
Crithagra leucopygia - White-rumped Seedeater - W, C, E Africa
Crithagra atrogularis - Black-throated Canary - E, S Africa
Crithagra xanthopygia - Yellow-rumped Seedeater - Ethiopia, Eritrea
Crithagra reichenowi - Reichenow's Seedeater - E Africa
Crithagra rothschildi - Arabian Serin - W, SW Arabian Peninsula
Crithagra flavigula - Yellow-throated Seedeater - Ethiopia
Crithagra xantholaema - Salvadori's Seedeater - Ethiopia
Crithagra citrinipecta - Lemon-breasted Canary - SE Africa
Crithagra mozambica - Yellow-fronted Canary - W, C, E, S Africa
Crithagra donaldsoni - Northern Grosbeak-Canary - NE Africa
Crithagra buchanani - Southern Grosbeak-Canary - E Africa
Crithagra flaviventris - Yellow Canary - S Africa
Crithagra dorsostriata - White-bellied Canary - E Africa
Crithagra sulphurata - Brimstone Canary - E, SE, S Africa
Crithagra albogularis - White-throated Canary - SW, S Africa
Crithagra reichardi - Reichard's Seedeater - E Africa
Crithagra gularis - Streaky-headed Seedeater - SC, S Africa
Crithagra canicapilla - West African Seedeater - WC, C Africa
Crithagra mennelli - Black-eared Seedeater - SC Africa
Crithagra tristriata - Brown-rumped Seedeater - NE Africa
Crithagra ankoberensis - Ankober Serin - Ethiopia
Crithagra menachensis - Yemen Serin - SW Arabian Peninsula
Crithagra striolata - Streaky Seedeater - E Africa
Crithagra whytii - Yellow-browed Seedeater - E Africa
Crithagra burtoni - Thick-billed Seedeater - C, EC Africa
Crithagra melanochroa - Kipengere Seedeater - Tanzania
Crithagra rufobrunnea - Principe Seedeater - Príncipe, São Tomé Africa
Crithagra leucoptera - Protea Canary - South Africa
Crithagra totta - Cape Siskin - South Africa
Crithagra symonsi - Drakensberg Siskin - South Africa
Crithagra alario - Black-headed Canary - South Africa

Neospiza concolor - Sao Tome Grosbeak - São Tomé Africa

Linurgus olivaceus - Oriole Finch - WC, C, E Africa

Rhynchostruthus socotranus - Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak - Socotra Is
Rhynchostruthus percivali - Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak - SW Arabian Peninsula - Split from R. socotranus
Rhynchostruthus louisae - Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak - Somalia

Euphonia jamaica - Jamaican Euphonia - Jamaica
Euphonia plumbea - Plumbeous Euphonia - N South America
Euphonia affinis - Scrub Euphonia - S Mexico to Costa Rica
Euphonia luteicapilla - Yellow-crowned Euphonia - Nicaragua to Panama
Euphonia chlorotica - Purple-throated Euphonia - N, Amazonia, SC South America
Euphonia trinitatis - Trinidad Euphonia - N South America
Euphonia concinna - Velvet-fronted Euphonia - Colombia
Euphonia saturata - Orange-crowned Euphonia - Colombia to Peru
Euphonia finschi - Finsch's Euphonia - Venezuela, Guianas
Euphonia violacea - Violaceous Euphonia - N, SC South America
Euphonia laniirostris - Thick-billed Euphonia - Costa Rica to Amazonia
Euphonia hirundinacea - Yellow-throated Euphonia - E Mexico to Panama
Euphonia chalybea - Green-chinned Euphonia - SE South America
Euphonia elegantissima - Elegant Euphonia - Mexico to Honduras
Euphonia cyanocephala - Golden-rumped Euphonia - Suriname to Ecuador
Euphonia musica - Antillean Euphonia - West Indies
Euphonia fulvicrissa - Fulvous-vented Euphonia - Panama to Ecuador
Euphonia imitans - Spot-crowned Euphonia - Costa Rica, Panama
Euphonia gouldi - Olive-backed Euphonia - SE Mexico to Panama
Euphonia chrysopasta - White-lored Euphonia - W, N Amazonia
Euphonia mesochrysa - Bronze-green Euphonia - Colombia to Bolivia
Euphonia minuta - White-vented Euphonia - Mexico to Ecuador, Guianas to C Bolivia
Euphonia anneae - Tawny-capped Euphonia - Costa Rica to Colombia
Euphonia xanthogaster - Orange-bellied Euphonia - Panama to Bolivia & E Brazil
Euphonia rufiventris - Rufous-bellied Euphonia - W, N Amazonia
Euphonia pectoralis - Chestnut-bellied Euphonia - SE South America
Euphonia cayennensis - Golden-sided Euphonia - N Amazonia

Chlorophonia flavirostris - Yellow-collared Chlorophonia - Colombia, Ecuador
Chlorophonia cyanea - Blue-naped Chlorophonia - N, W, SE South America
Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys - Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia - Venezuela to Peru
Chlorophonia occipitalis - Blue-crowned Chlorophonia - Mexico to Nicaragua
Chlorophonia callophrys - Golden-browed Chlorophonia - Costa Rica, Panama

Carduelis chloris - European Greenfinch - W, SW, SC Eurasia
Carduelis sinica - Grey-capped Greenfinch - E, Eurasia, also E China to Vietnam
Carduelis spinoides - Yellow-breasted Greenfinch - Pakistan to Burma
Carduelis monguilloti - Vietnamese Greenfinch - Vietnam
Carduelis ambigua - Black-headed Greenfinch - Himalayas to N Thailand
Carduelis spinus - Eurasian Siskin - Widespread Eurasia, also N Africa
Carduelis pinus - Pine Siskin - Canada to Guatemala
Carduelis atriceps - Black-capped Siskin - S Mexico, Guatemala
Carduelis spinescens - Andean Siskin - Colombia, Venezuela
Carduelis yarrellii - Yellow-faced Siskin - N Venezuela, NE Brazil
Carduelis cucullata - Red Siskin - N South America
Carduelis crassirostris - Thick-billed Siskin - S South America
Carduelis magellanica - Hooded Siskin - Widespread South America
Carduelis dominicensis - Antillean Siskin - Hispaniola
Carduelis siemiradzkii - Saffron Siskin - SW Ecuador, NW Peru
Carduelis olivacea - Olivaceous Siskin - E Ecuador to N Bolivia
Carduelis notata - Black-headed Siskin - Mexico to Nicaragua
Carduelis xanthogastra - Yellow-bellied Siskin - Costa Rica to Bolivia
Carduelis atrata - Black Siskin - S Peru to N Chile & W Argentina
Carduelis uropygialis - Yellow-rumped Siskin - S Peru to Chile & W Argentina
Carduelis barbata - Black-chinned Siskin - S Chile, W Argentina
Carduelis tristis - American Goldfinch - Canada to Mexico
Carduelis psaltria - Lesser Goldfinch - W USA to Peru
Carduelis lawrencei - Lawrence's Goldfinch - SW USA, NW Mexico
Carduelis carduelis - European Goldfinch - W, C, S Eurasia
Carduelis citrinella - Citril Finch - S, C Europe
Carduelis corsicana - Corsican Finch - Sardinia, Corsica
Carduelis flammea - Common Redpoll - N Eurasia, North America - Redpolls unclear
Carduelis hornemanni - Arctic Redpoll - N Eurasia, North America
Carduelis flavirostris - Twite - Widespread Eurasia
Carduelis cannabina - Common Linnet - Widespread Eurasia, also NW Africa & Canary Islands
Carduelis yemenensis - Yemen Linnet - SW Arabian Peninsula
Carduelis johannis - Warsangli Linnet - NE Somalia

Leucosticte nemoricola - Plain Mountain Finch - Himalayas
Leucosticte brandti - Brandt's Mountain Finch - Himalayas
Leucosticte sillemi - Sillem's Mountain Finch - N India, SW China
Leucosticte arctoa - Asian Rosy Finch - C, NE Eurasia
Leucosticte tephrocotis - Grey-crowned Rosy Finch - Alaska to W Canada & USA
Leucosticte atrata - Black Rosy Finch - WC USA
Leucosticte australis - Brown-capped Rosy Finch - WC USA

Callacanthis burtoni - Spectacled Finch - Himalayas

Rhodopechys sanguineus - Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch - SC Eurasia - New name
Rhodopechys alienus - African Crimson-winged Finch - Morocco, Algeria. Africa - Split from R. sanguineus

Bucanetes githagineus - Trumpeter Finch - SC, Eurasia, also N Africa
Bucanetes mongolicus - Mongolian Finch - SC Eurasia

Rhodospiza obsoleta - Desert Finch - SC Eurasia

Uragus sibiricus - Long-tailed Rosefinch - C, E Eurasia

Carpodacus rubescens - Blanford's Rosefinch - Himalayas to WC China
Carpodacus nipalensis - Dark-breasted Rosefinch - Himalayas to WC China & NE Burma
Carpodacus erythrinus - Common Rosefinch - Widespread Eurasia
Carpodacus purpureus - Purple Finch - N, W, North America, also NW Mexico
Carpodacus cassinii - Cassin's Finch - W, North America, also N Mexico
Carpodacus mexicanus - House Finch - Canada
Carpodacus pulcherrimus - Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch - Himalayas - Was Beautiful Rosefinch
Carpodacus davidianus - Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch - Mongolia, W, C,n China, SE Tibet - Split from C. pulcherrimus
Carpodacus eos - Stresemann's Rosefinch - Himalayas to SC China
Carpodacus rodochroa - Pink-browed Rosefinch - Himalayas
Carpodacus vinaceus - Vinaceous Rosefinch - Himalayas
Carpodacus edwardsii - Dark-rumped Rosefinch - Himalayas
Carpodacus synoicus - Sinai Rosefinch - SC Eurasia
Carpodacus roseus - Pallas's Rosefinch - E Eurasia
Carpodacus trifasciatus - Three-banded Rosefinch - W China
Carpodacus rodopeplus - Spot-winged Rosefinch - Himalayas from N India to S Tibet
Carpodacus verreauxii - Sharpe's Rosefinch - SW, W China; N, NE Burma - Split from C. rodopeplus
Carpodacus thura - Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch - Himalayas - New name
Carpodacus dubius - Chinese White-browed Rosefinch - E Tibet, N,w,sw China - Split from C. thura
Carpodacus rhodochlamys - Red-mantled Rosefinch - C, NC Asia
Carpodacus grandis - Blyth's Rosefinch - N Afghanistan to W Himalayas
Carpodacus rubicilloides - Streaked Rosefinch - Himalayas
Carpodacus rubicilla - Caucasian Great Rosefinch - C, E Caucasus Mts - New name
Carpodacus severtzovi - Spotted Great Rosefinch - C Asia to NW China - Split from C. rubicilla
Carpodacus puniceus - Red-fronted Rosefinch - Himalayas

Kozlowia roborowskii - Tibetan Rosefinch - Himalayas to WC China

Pinicola enucleator - Pine Grosbeak - N Eurasia, North America
Pinicola subhimachala - Crimson-browed Finch - Himalayas

Haematospiza sipahi - Scarlet Finch - Himalayas

Loxia pytyopsittacus - Parrot Crossbill - NW, NC Eurasia
Loxia scotica - Scottish Crossbill - Scotland
Loxia curvirostra - Red Crossbill - Widespread Eurasia, Asia, North America, M America
Loxia leucoptera - Two-barred Crossbill - N Eurasia, North America
Loxia megaplaga - Hispaniolan Crossbill - Hispaniola

Pyrrhula nipalensis - Brown Bullfinch - Himalayas to SE China & Taiwan, W Malaysia
Pyrrhula leucogenis - White-cheeked Bullfinch - Philippines
Pyrrhula aurantiaca - Orange Bullfinch - Himalayas
Pyrrhula erythrocephala - Red-headed Bullfinch - Himalayas
Pyrrhula erythaca - Grey-headed Bullfinch - Himalayas to C China, Taiwan
Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Eurasian Bullfinch - Widespread Eurasia
Pyrrhula murina - Azores Bullfinch - Azores - Split from P. pyrrhula

Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch - Widespread Eurasia, also N Africa

Eophona migratoria - Chinese Grosbeak - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia - Was Yellow-billed Grosbeak
Eophona personata - Japanese Grosbeak - E Eurasia

Mycerobas icterioides - Black-and-yellow Grosbeak - Himalayas
Mycerobas affinis - Collared Grosbeak - Himalayas
Mycerobas melanozanthos - Spot-winged Grosbeak - NE Pakistan to N Vietnam
Mycerobas carnipes - White-winged Grosbeak - C, SC Eurasia

Hesperiphona vespertina - Evening Grosbeak - Canada to SW Mexico
Hesperiphona abeillei - Hooded Grosbeak - Mexico & Guatemala

Pyrrhoplectes epauletta - Golden-naped Finch - Himalayas

Telespiza cantans - Laysan Finch - Hawaiian Islands
Telespiza ultima - Nihoa Finch - Hawaiian Islands

Psittirostra psittacea - Ou - Hawaiian Islands

Loxioides bailleui - Palila - Hawaiian Islands

Pseudonestor xanthophrys - Maui Parrotbill - Hawaiian Islands

Hemignathus virens - Hawaii Amakihi - Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus flavus - Oahu Amakihi - Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus kauaiensis - Kauai Amakihi - Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus ellisianus - Greater Akialoa - Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus lucidus - Nukupuu - Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus munroi - Akiapolaau - Hawaiian Islands

Magumma parva - Anianiau - Hawaiian Islands - was Hemignathus parvus

Oreomystis bairdi - Akikiki - Hawaiian Islands
Oreomystis mana - Hawaii Creeper - Hawaiian Islands

Paroreomyza maculata - Oahu Alauahio - Hawaiian Islands
Paroreomyza flammea - Kakawahie - Hawaiian Islands
Paroreomyza montana - Maui Alauahio - Hawaiian Islands

Loxops caeruleirostris - Akekee - Hawaiian Islands
Loxops coccineus - Akepa - Hawaiian Islands

Vestiaria coccinea - Iiwi - Hawaiian Islands

Palmeria dolei - Akohekohe - Hawaiian Islands

Himatione sanguinea - Apapane - Hawaiian Islands

Melamprosops phaeosoma - Poo-uli - Hawaiian Islands