Olive-backed euphonia [1] [2] ( lat. Euphonia gouldi ) is a species of bird from the finch family. A specific Latin name is given in honor of the British ornithologist John Gould .
| Olive Spin Euphonia |
Male |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infrastructure : | Passerida |
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| International scientific name |
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Euphonia gouldi ( Sclater , 1857 ) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22722750 |
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Body length 9.5 cm, weight 12 g. The male has a bright olive-green top, a yellow forehead and a reddish-brown belly trimmed with yellow. In the female, the upper body is less shiny than in the male, the forehead is brown, the underside is yellow, and a reddish-brown spot on the belly. The plumage of young birds is darker and more dull, the lower side is olive-green in color.
The habitat of the species is humid forests with tall trees of secondary plantations and adjacent edges, usually at an altitude of 750 m, sometimes up to 1000 m above sea level.
A spherical nest with an entrance on the side is hidden in a tree behind epiphytes and mosses at a height of two to eleven meters. In clutch, as a rule, three white eggs with brown spots.
The species is divided into two subspecies ( E. g. Gouldi and E. g. Praetermissa ), distributed in the lowlands and in the foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama.
