Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Antillean Euphonia (Euphonia musica) - HBW 16, p. 282

French: Organiste louis-d’or German: Antillenorganist Spanish: Eufonia Antillana
Other common names: Blue-crowned Euphonia

Taxonomy: Pipra musica J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Present species forms a monophyletic species group with E. elegantissima and E. cyanocephala, and all formerly considered conspecific; widely separated geographically, the three do not differ greatly in voice or behaviour, although males differ somewhat in plumage, females less so. Three subspecies recognized.

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