Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) - HBW 16, p. 289
French: Organiste teité
German: Veilchenorganist
Spanish: Eufonia Violácea
Taxonomy: Fringilla violacea Linnaeus, 1758, Suriname.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Race rodwayi weakly differentiated, and perhaps better subsumed in nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rodwayi (T. E. Penard, 1919) - E & S Venezuela and Trinidad.
- violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - the Guianas, and N Brazil (N of R Amazon E of R Jamundá; S of Amazon from R Madeira E to Maranhão).
- aurantiicollis A. Bertoni, 1901 - E Brazil (Piauí S to Goiás, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, then W to W Paraná and S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male eating bananas Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp auranticollis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 4.5 -
a male singing while perched close to the bird feeder Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
DAVID ASCANIO 5 March 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.5 -
Eating in bromelias. Locality Piranguçu, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 14 September 2005 40 weeks ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A male eating bananas, being joined by a female, then both chased away by a Sayaca Tanager Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp auranticollis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A male at a feeder Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 12 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A female at a feeder Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 12 weeks ago 11 sec 4
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Bonito macho
Locality Itariri, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 11 June 2011 7 weeks ago 4.6 -
Male perched near feeder. Macho en una rama junto a comedero con plátanos
Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
José M. Formentí 11 August 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Adult male Violaceous Euphonia
Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 25 February 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult male
Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Peter van Zoest 30 July 2007 16 weeks ago 4.4 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Jardín de Picaflores, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp aurantiicollis)
Carmelo López 8 November 2011 19 weeks ago 4.3 -
Perching on a twig.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
David Lingard 10 December 2009 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2
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a male vocalizing Locality São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil
Rodrigo Dela Rosa 1 October 2011 34 weeks ago 4 -
Song Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 23 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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