Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Orange-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia saturata) - HBW 16, p. 286

French: Organiste à calotte d’or German: Orangescheitelorganist Spanish: Eufonia Coroninaranja

Taxonomy: Phonasca saturata Cabanis, 1861, “Bogotá”.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Monotypic.

Distribution: Colombia on both slopes of W Andes (in Valle, probably also Cauca), and W Ecuador S to extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).