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Purple-throated Euphonia

A species of Euphonias
Scientific name : Euphonia chlorotica Genus : Euphonias

Purple-throated Euphonia, A species of Euphonias
Botanical name: Euphonia chlorotica
Genus: Euphonias
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) Photo By Dario Sanches , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

The purple-throated euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) is a songbird species in the family Fringillidae. It was formerly placed in the Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the purple-throated euphonia in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name Le tangara noir et jaune de Cayenne and the Latin Tangara Cayanensis Nigrolutea. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the purple-throated euphonia. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Tanagra chlorotica and cited Brisson's work. The specific name chlorotica is from the Ancient Greek khlōrotēs "greenness". This species is now placed in the genus Euphonia that was introduced by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1806. There are five subspecies.
Size
10 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Purple-throated Euphonia predominantly feeds on mistletoe berries, assorted small fruits, and some insects. They forage mainly high in tall trees, sometimes in lower forest borders, often in pairs or groups, and may join mixed-species flocks. Known for spending extended periods in mistletoe clumps and inspecting branches for insects, purple-throated Euphonia exhibits a diet that includes both plant and animal matter.
Habitat
The purple-throated Euphonia favors environments on the fringes of forests and open areas with proximity to trees, such as forest edges, riverbanks, and island vegetation. It thrives in diverse landscapes including open woodlands, gallery forests, mangroves, and secondary growths, as well as human-modified habitats like parks and gardens. Their preferred habitats offer dry to humid conditions and span distinctive biomes like cerrado and caatinga.
Dite type
Frugivorous

General Info

Feeding Habits

Bird food type
Fruit

Species Status

Not globally threatened.
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) Photo By Dario Sanches , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

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