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Violaceous Euphonia

Euphonia violacea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 135, February 105, March 86, April 177, May 199, June 133, July 201, August 171, September 152, October 195, November 121, December 122.
Brazil1,797
Sao Paulo569
Rio de Jeneiro343
Espirito Santo216
Parana170
Santa Catarina118
Distrito Federal117
Argentina85
Bahia57
Pernambuco41

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

Traits

Dietary

Group and habits

  • Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group
  • Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyFinches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
GenusTypical Euphonias · Euphonia

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