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ForestDomed nestSmall · 15 g
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Adult violaceous euphonias are 11.4 cm long and weigh 14 g. The male has glossy blue-black upperparts and a deep golden yellow forehead and underparts. The female and immature are olive green above and greenish yellow below.
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When to see the Violaceous Euphonia
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Violaceous Euphonia
The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
About the Violaceous Euphonia
The violaceous euphonia is a small passerine bird in the true finch family Fringillidae. It is widely distributed in eastern South America.
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Easily confused with
Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisThe scrub euphonia is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long.
Olive-backed EuphoniaEuphonia gouldiThe olive-backed euphonia is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 11 to 16 g (0.39 to 0.56 oz).
Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapillaThe yellow-crowned euphonia is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 11.4 to 14.5 g (0.40 to 0.51 oz).
Side by side: Violaceous Euphonia vs Yellow-crowned Euphonia · Olive-backed Euphonia vs Violaceous Euphonia · Scrub Euphonia vs Violaceous Euphonia
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