Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) - HBW 16, p. 290
French: Organiste à gorge jaune
German: Schwalbenorganist
Spanish: Eufonia Gorjiamarilla
Other common names: Bonaparte’s Euphonia
Taxonomy: Euphonia hirundinacea Bonaparte, 1838, Guatemala.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus belongs in family Fringillidae. Three further proposed Mexican races, suttoni (described from Río Sabinas, near Gómez Farías, in SW Tamaulipas), russelli (from 2 km NE of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in Quintana Roo) and caribbaea (from Monte Bello, N of Palomares, in Oaxaca), all now subsumed into nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hirundinacea Bonaparte, 1838 - E & SE Mexico (from San Luis Potosí, S Tamaulipas, Puebla, N Oaxaca, Chiapas and Yucatán Peninsula) S through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and E Nicaragua.
- gnatho (Cabanis, 1861) - NW Nicaragua and Costa Rica (in Guanacaste, and C valley and Caribbean slope) S to W Panama (W Chiriquí).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male and a female feeding on bananas Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala (ssp hirundinacea)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2006 5 years ago 13 sec 4.5 -
Male eating banana Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp gnatho)
Joe Angseesing 28 March 2012 1 year ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A male taking a fruit and then letting it drop before flying away Locality Macuiltépetl Ecological Park, Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp hirundinacea)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
A ventral view of a male in a tree, then flying away Locality Macuiltépetl Ecological Park, Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp hirundinacea)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A male excited and calling Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp hirundinacea)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
Female eating banana Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp gnatho)
Joe Angseesing 28 March 2012 1 year ago 21 sec 3.7
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A perched adult male in good light.
Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Steve Garvie 6 July 2008 3 years ago 4.6 -
An immature bird at a feeding station.
Locality Boquete, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Dannie Polley 24 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
I took this in La Fortuna.
Locality Costa Rica
Mark Yoder 42 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult male eating something green.
Locality Muyil Archeaological Site, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp hirundinacea)
Ken Simonite 7 January 2013 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
perching
Locality El Jaguar Cloud Forest Reserve, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 29 December 2012 19 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male singing.
Locality Santo Domingo, Chontales Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 23 July 2011 1 year ago 3.3
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A female calling. Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp hirundinacea)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 20 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing. Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp hirundinacea)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 20 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing, responding another male on the background. Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(ssp gnatho)
Greg Baker 4 April 2001 18 weeks ago 3
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