Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) - HBW 16, p. 285
French: Organiste chlorotique
German: Purpurkehlorganist
Spanish: Eufonia Golipúrpura
Taxonomy: Tanagra chlorotica Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. May form a monophyletic species group with E. affinis, E. luteicapilla and E. trinitatis; has in the past been regarded as conspecific with last-mentioned, but differs in habitat and in female plumage. Geographical distribution of some races poorly defined, and ranges listed below somewhat tentative; further study required. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cynophora (Oberholser, 1918) - W & S Venezuela (S Táchira, and E to Amazonas and Bolívar E to R Caura and R Cuyuní) S to E Colombia (Meta), probably also N Brazil (N Roraima).
- chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and NC & E Brazil (E & S Amapá, and S of R Amazon from R Tapajós E through N Mato Grosso, Goiás and Minas Gerais to Bahía and Espírito Santo).
- amazonica Parkes, 1969 - both banks of R Amazon E from SE Colombia and extreme NE Peru to NC Brazil (R Tapajós, at Santarem).
- cynophora (Oberholser, 1918) - W & S Venezuela (S Táchira, and E to Amazonas and Bolívar E to R Caura and R Cuyuní) S to E Colombia (Meta), probably also N Brazil (N Roraima).
- chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and NC & E Brazil (E & S Amapá, and S of R Amazon from R Tapajós E through N Mato Grosso, Goiás and Minas Gerais to Bahía and Espírito Santo).
- amazonica Parkes, 1969 - both banks of R Amazon E from SE Colombia and extreme NE Peru to NC Brazil (R Tapajós, at Santarem).
- taczanowskii P. L. Sclater, 1886 - lowlands in N Peru (vicinity of R Marañón, both E & W of river) and extreme SE Peru and N Bolivia.
- serrirostris d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - SE Bolivia and S Brazil (from S Mato Grosso, S Goiás and Rio de Janeiro) S to Paraguay, N Uruguay, and N & C Argentina (S to Buenos Aires).
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A male at a feeder, eating banana Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.7 -
A female at a feeder, eating banana Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
Two females and a male at a feeder, eating banana Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A female and a male at a feeder, eating banana Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
An adult male calling in a tree, changing perch close to another male in moulting plumage and both flying away. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 22 sec 4.1 -
A nest with two chicks begging for food. Locality Tesouro, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chlorotica)
Tatiana Colombo 23 November 2007 4 years ago 56 sec 3.6
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A male perched on a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chlorotica)
Carmelo López 1 November 2011 15 weeks ago 3.7 -
A male taking material to his nest.
Locality Culuene River, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chlorotica)
Tatiana Colombo 11 August 2007 3 years ago 3.4 -
Foraging in a bottlebrush tree
Locality Avaré, São Paulo State, Brazil
Patrick Ellsworth 27 July 2008 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
on a branch
Locality Iguazú Falls, Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina
oleicfrisbee 50 weeks ago 3 -
mist-netted male in hand;western dry chaco, Lomas de Olmedo, 23° 46.036'S; 63° 54.836'W
Locality Salta Province, Argentina
handford 16 August 2004 2 years ago 2.3
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Calls by a male. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A male singing in a low tree in an open area close to the forest edge. Locality Garabí, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 7 May 2009 2 years ago 4
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