Fulvous-vented Euphonia
Euphonia fulvicrissa
The fulvous-vented euphonia is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 10 to 13 g (0.35 to 0.46 oz). It is a small euphonia. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a small lemon-yellow forehead; the patch extends to just above the eye. The rest of their crown and their face, nape, throat, chest, and upperparts are glossy blue-black. Their flight feathers are dusky with a blue-black tinge. The upper side of their tail is blue-black and the underside dark gray with white inner webs on the outer two pairs of feathers. Voice: The fulvous-vented euphonia's song is "1–3 soft, chattery rattles followed by 1–2 short, complex and squeaky phrases that rise in pitch, e.g. du, d’u’u’u-d’u’u’u spze’e’t’tic, spze’e’t’tic...du’u, d’u’u’u-d’u’u’u’ spze’e’t’tic... and so on".
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West Mexican Euphonia
Euphonia godmani
The West Mexican euphonia is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a small yellow forecrown; the color extends just to the eye. The rest of their head and nape are glossy blue-black with a purplish sheen. Their upperparts are glossy blue-black. Their tail is mostly blackish with white inner webs on the outer two pairs of feathers. Their upperwing coverts and flight feathers are blackish with some dark blue gloss. Their chin and throat are glossy blue-black with a purplish sheen, their breast and belly bright yellow, and their undertail coverts white. Voice: The West Mexican euphonia's calls include "1–3 pure thin whistles, dee-dee-dee, sometimes followed by 2 or 3 more on same or slightly lower pitch", a "shorter whit-it-it-it", and a "longer wheeee". It sings less than it calls, with "a weak twittering and chirping medley, e.g. wheetidy-titity-witity-titity".
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