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Elegant Euphonia

Chlorophonia elegantissima

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 152, February 134, March 176, April 186, May 202, June 126, July 101, August 36, September 45, October 84, November 126, December 133.
Mexico1,501
Michoacan de Ocampo226
Guanajuato132
Mexico131
Costa Rica124
Oaxaca117
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave116
Jalisco107
Chiapas73
Puebla67

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyFinches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
GenusChlorophonias and Blue-hooded Euphonias · Chlorophonia

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