Thick-billed euphonia

Thick-billed euphonia
Male
Female both E. l. melanura, Colombia Euphonia laniirostris - Thick-billed Euphonia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Euphoniinae
Genus:	Euphonia
Species:	E. laniirostris
Binomial name
Euphonia laniirostris D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Synonyms
Euphonia melanura

The thick-billed euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae.

This euphonia measures 10 cm (3.9 in). The male has entirely yellow underparts from throat to vent save for a small terminal patch of white on the undertail. Upperparts are a dark blue-black except for the yellow crown patch which extends from the bill over the head to just past the eye. The female, like many euphonias, is dull olive above and yellow below.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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  Juvenile male E. l. melanura
  Colombia
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  Female E. l. melanura
  Colombia
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  Male E. l. crassirostris
  Panama

External links

• Thick-billed euphonia Images at Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan)
• "Thick-billed euphonia media". Internet Bird Collection.
• BirdLife species factsheet for Euphonia laniirostris
• Thick-billed euphonia photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Thick-billed euphonia species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
• Interactive range map of Euphonia laniirostris at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Thick-billed euphonia on Xeno-canto.