The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 349 · seb_species_0349

Purple-throated Euphonia

euphonia chlorotica

Fringillidae,Euphoniinae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

10 cm. Male shining blue black above, more purple on the head. Forecrown to behind the eye yellow. Throat black, the rest of underside yellow. <NThe female is olive above, grayish white below. Sides and crissum greenish yellow. The typical call is a nasal "bee-bee" vocalization 2 , song is a jumble of rapidly delivered whistles and squeaks interspersed with "bee-bee" vocalization 1 . Forages in canopy of trees, in high scrub, sometimes in mixed flocks. Nests are domed. Paraguay, November ^159 . Not uncommon in forest of the littoral and dryer inland forests, forest edge, gallery forest, open woodland and scrub. Widely distributed inland, rare at the coast. Found at<8E>S<C4>o Jose de Rio Preto, Bananal ^119 . To 2000 meters Euphonias are now considered to be Fringillids, not tanagers ^161 . 2810 Calls and song. March 20, 2004. Carajas, Para, sunny, 28<91>C.: 1688 Calls, March 20, 2004. Carajas, Para. Sunny, 28<91>C.: 23 > Male: 3047 > Female:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

10 cm. Male shining blue black above, more purple on the head. Forecrown to behind the eye yellow. Throat black, the rest of underside yellow. <NThe female is olive above, grayish white below. Sides and crissum greenish yellow.

Voice

The typical call is a nasal "bee-bee" vocalization 2 , song is a jumble of rapidly delivered whistles and squeaks interspersed with "bee-bee" vocalization 1 .

Behavior

Forages in canopy of trees, in high scrub, sometimes in mixed flocks.

Breeding

Nests are domed. Paraguay, November ^159 .

Habitat and status

Not uncommon in forest of the littoral and dryer inland forests, forest edge, gallery forest, open woodland and scrub.

Distribution

Widely distributed inland, rare at the coast. Found at<8E>S<C4>o Jose de Rio Preto, Bananal ^119 . To 2000 meters

Additional notes

Euphonias are now considered to be Fringillids, not tanagers ^161 .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

euphonia chlorotica

Purple-throated Euphonia

Fringillidae,Euphoniinae

Euphonias

CLEMENTS

euphonia chlorotica

Purple-throated Euphonia

Thraupidae

Tanagers,Honeycreepers

AOU_HM

euphonia chlorotica

Purple-throated Euphonia

Thraupidae

Tanagers,Honeycreepers

Recordings

2810.mp3

2810 Calls and song. March 20, 2004. Carajas, Para, sunny, 28<91>C.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/2810.mp3

1688.mp3

1688 Calls, March 20, 2004. Carajas, Para. Sunny, 28<91>C.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/1688.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Purple-throated Euphonia
23.jpg
23 > Male
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 3.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/23.jpg
Historical image associated with Purple-throated Euphonia
3047.jpg
3047 > Female
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 4.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/3047.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0349
Account ID
seb_account_0349
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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