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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Velvet-fronted Euphonia
Euphonia concinna
The velvet-fronted euphonia is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 9 to 12 g (0.32 to 0.42 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a small yellow forecrown; the color extends just to the eye and is separated from the bill by a thin black line. The rest of their head and their upperparts are blue-black with a purplish gloss. Their tail is also blue-black. Their flight feathers are black with usually a small white spot at the base of the outer primaries. Their chin and throat are blue-black and the rest of their underparts are rich ochraceous to cinnamon-yellow. Voice: The male, and possibly the female, velvet-fronted euphonia sings "a slightly gravelly and varied series of phrases, e.g. p’wheeet-wheeet...pa’weet, whe’e’e’t, whe’e’e’t...pa’weet, p’bzrrrr, bzrrrr..." whose wheeet notes rise in pitch and are sometimes slightly burry. The bzrrrr notes are buzzy or rattling. Both sexes call with "a clear high dee-dee or tee dee-dee".
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