Finches, Euphonias

Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

The Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) is an 11 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Finches, Euphonias

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

11 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Ecuador.

Where to see it: Parque Nacional Ybycui, Dpto. Paraguari (Paraguay); Asunción Jardin Botanico (Paraguay); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Santa Cruz Botanical Gardens (Bolivia); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay).

Photo: (c) Egon Fink, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist