Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)  
Genus: Chlorophonia (3 species, 10 worldwide)


Blue-naped Chlorophonia
Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea psittacina)
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-rumped Euphonia
Golden-rumped Euphonia (Chlorophonia cyanocephala insignis) Male
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nigel Eggers   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-rumped Euphonia
Golden-rumped Euphonia (Chlorophonia cyanocephala) Female
Jerusalem Dry Reserve, Quito, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nigel Eggers   © All Rights Reserved.

Local and uncommon.

Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys) Male
Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys) Immature Male
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A sought-after species for the male's colors. Found in the Andean forest canopy at mid altitudes but up to 3200m in Colombia.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba