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).

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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).