Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia luteicapilla

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestDomed nestTiny · 13 g

What the Yellow-crowned Euphonia sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-crowned Euphonia: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Beth Cottam · Call · Finca Tres Equis - Farm and Forest (near Tres Equis), Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-crowned Euphonia: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Oliver Komar · Call · Mocorón, Departamento de Gracias a Dios, Honduras · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The 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). It has a short stubby bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a large yellow forecrown and crown; the color extends well past the eye. The rest of their head, nape, and throat are glossy blue-black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are also glossy blue-black. Their breast, belly, and undertail coverts are bright yellow. Adult females have an olive head, upperparts, wings, and tail with a yellowish tinge on the forehead. Voice: The yellow-crowned euphonia sings "a short, dry sputtering series of notes, e.g. pit ditrééa-twiddledee bee bee" that has also been described as "a short wiry chut-tsip ts’tsew tsiuweer". Its call is "a series of 2–3 clear high whistled notes that may be given at varying speed, ee-bee-bee" or given as a longer series "beebee, peepeepee". It also makes "tsit notes" as a contact and flight call.

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When to see the Yellow-crowned Euphonia

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Yellow-crowned Euphonia

The yellow-crowned euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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Easily confused with

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