GOLDEN-RUMPED EUPHONIA Euphonia cyanocephala. Three male Golden-rumped Euphonias are seen in a stand of flowering Cabuya Furcraea andina (family Asparagaceae; subfamily Agavoideae) in the high tropical dry forest at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem a little to the north of Guayllabamba in northern Ecuador at 10:53 AM on January 23, 2019. Furcraea andina is in the same subfamily Agavoideae as the Agave or Century Plant.
The Golden-rumped Euphonia belongs to the family Fringillidae and lives in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador south to northern Argentina, Paraguay and southeastern Brazil. It also lives in Trinidad and the Guianas.
Trés machos de Eufonia Lomidorada Euphonia cyanocephala se hallan en un grupo de Cabuyas Furcraea andina (familia Asparagaceae; subfamiia Agavoideae) en el bosque seco tropical de altura del Bosque Protector Jerusalem un poco al norte de Guayllabamba en el norte de Ecuador a las 10 y 53 de la mañana el 23 de enero de 2019.
In Brazil the common name is Gaturamo-rei.
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