Jamaican Euphonia
Euphonia jamaica
The appearance of the Jamaican Euphonia is different for males and females. Males are a bluish-grey color with a yellow belly and pale undertail coverts, females are bicolored and have grey foreparts and olive backs and tails. Both males and females have short, thick bills. The appearance of a Jamaican Euphonia between the juvenile and adult stages are similar to the appearance of the female, although the coloration of a bird in this stage is not as bright. The average Jamaican Euphonia is 11 centimeters (about 4.33 in) in length and weighs 17 grams.
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Orange-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia saturata
The orange-crowned euphonia is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a deep orange-yellow crown. The rest of their head and their nape, throat, wings, and upperparts are glossy blue-black with a purplish tinge. The top side of their tail is blue-black and the underside dark gray. Their underparts from their breast to the undertail coverts are deep orange ochraceous. Adult females have a dark olive head and upperparts. Their underparts are olive-yellow that is slightly paler and yellower on the throat, belly, and undertail coverts. Voice: The orange-crowned euphonia's song is "a leisurely series of tsit notes, nasal tcheeur notes, and fast tididit phrases". Its calls are "a simple beem-beem" and "a high, clear whistled pee-deet".
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