White-lored Euphonia

The white-lored 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). It has a thick bill. The species is sexually dimorphic but not dramatically so. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an olive forecrown with a thin dusky front border and a grayish crown and nape. Their lores, chin, and cheeks are ashy whitish gray and the rest of their face is olive-green. Their upperparts are mostly olive-green with a bluish gray gloss and paler uppertail coverts. The upper side of their tail is olive and the lower side grayish. Voice: Male white-lored euphonias usually sing from a high open perch, often while bobbing their body up and down and twitching their tail. Their song is "a jumble of chit, sit, spitz, week and other notes, sputtering on in fits and starts...e.g. p-pfits’et cheéu...sit, fits...pa’fits-a-whew!...". A song bout may last several minutes with pauses of varying length.