Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis) - HBW 16, p. 286

French: Organiste de Trinidad German: Trinidadorganist Spanish: Eufonia de Trinidad

Taxonomy: Euphonia trinitatis Strickland, 1851, Trinidad.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. May form a monophyletic species group with E. affinis, E. luteicapilla and E. chlorotica; has in the past been regarded as conspecific with last-mentioned, but differs in habitat and in female plumage. Monotypic.

Distribution: N Colombia (from Atlántico S to E Antioquia and middle Magdalena Valley) and E across most of Venezuela N of R Orinoco and, S of it, locally in NC Bolívar; also Trinidad.

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