Golden-rumped euphonia

Golden-rumped euphonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Euphoniinae
Genus: Chlorophonia
Species:
C. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Chlorophonia cyanocephala
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms

Euphonia cyanocephala

The golden-rumped euphonia (Chlorophonia cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

It was formerly classified in the genus Euphonia, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that it groups with Chlorophonia.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Euphonia cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-07-14.


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