Latin Etymology: Euphonia ("good sound") affinis ("similar")
Female Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis) at Tarcoles, Costa Rica - November 2025
Featured Subspecies: Euphonia affinis affinis
Weight: 10g / Length: 9-11cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The members of the genus Euphonia are a number of species of small finches of the Neotropics with various slight variations on a black and yellow plumage patterning in the males, and ochre green in the females, in actual fact this unusually makes it somewhat easier to tell a female Scrub Euphonia from the overlapping Yellow-throated Euphonia, as the female has a distinct white collar while the males are superficially very similar.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Euphonia
SUBSPECIES: E. a. olmecorum, E. a. affinis
- Sighting Locations -
Found in North-West Costa Rica
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at Tarcoles
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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