Chestnut-bellied Euphonia vs Tawny-capped Euphonia

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia pectoralis

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The chestnut-bellied euphonia is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 16.5 g (0.53 to 0.58 oz). It is a smallish euphonia with a stout bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a glossy metallic blue head, breast, and upperparts. Their flight feathers and tail are dusky with a metallic blue tinge and metallic blue feather edges. A patch of elongated golden-yellow pectoral feathers protrudes in front of the wing. Their underparts below the breast are dark chestnut. Voice: The chestnut-bellied euphonia's song is "a short, harsh series of warbled notes that may include imitations of other birds". Its call is a "low, rattling, scratchy wru-wru-wru-wru-wru".

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Tawny-capped Euphonia

Euphonia anneae

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The tawny-cappeded euphonia is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 15 g (0.53 oz). It is a small euphonia with a thick bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a rich rufous-chestnut crown. The rest of their head and their nape, throat, upperwing coverts, and upperparts are glossy blue-black. Their flight feathers are dusky with dark blue edges and white inner webs at the base of most of them. Voice: The tawny-capped euphonia's "nmusical utterances are harsh and nasal". In more detail, its song is "a note or phrase repeated 2–4 times before changing, e.g. whee whee whee, wheer wheer, nah-a-a-ak, nah-a-a-ak, eeeenk eeenk eeenk, seeet seeet... and so on".

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