Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Euphonia
eBird Code
puteup1

Vocalizations

Donald Davesne · CC_BY_4_0
Tomás Tamagno · CC_BY_4_0
Henrry · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Cajá-manga · CC_BY_4_0
Nicolas Olejnik · CC_BY_4_0
Lucas Mantelo Cruz · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Euphonia chlorotica amazonica

    Amazonian Brazil on both banks of the Amazon River eastward from southeastern Colombia and far northeastern Peru to north-central Brazil (Rio Tapajós, at Santarém)

  • Euphonia chlorotica chlorotica

    the Guianas to northeastern Brazil (eastern and southern Amapá, and south of the Amazon River from Rio Tapajós eastward through northern Mato Grosso, Goiás, and Minas Gerais to Bahia and Espírito Santo)

  • Euphonia chlorotica cynophora

    tropical northeastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and far northern Brazil (northern Roraima)

  • Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris

    southeastern Bolivia to eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, southeastern Brazil, and northern Argentina

  • Euphonia chlorotica taczanowskii

    southeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.