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PURPLE-THROATED EUPHONIA Euphonia chlorotica
The handsome male, dressed in steely-blue and golden-yellow is one of the most beautiful of urban birds. Habitat generalists, they occur almost anywhere, joining other euphonias in humid forest mixed species flocks, skipping through the crowns of tall trees and plucking fruit with their short, stubby bill.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3941PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith January 2011).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3499PH) Adult male ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3500PH) Same individual showing underwing (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3501PH) Adult female, Hernandarias, Departamento Alto Paraná (Sergio Rios August 2012).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3502PH) Adult female ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3503PH) Pair, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3504PH) Adult male, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3505PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE3506PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 10 - (FPAVE3507PH) Adult female, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September).
FIGURE 11 - (FPAVE3942PH) Juvenile, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith January 2011).

VIDEO A - (FPAVE3943VI) Male alarm calling,
Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith January 2011).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3509VI) Adult male grooming, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
VIDEO C - (FPAVE3510VI) Adult male almost falling off a branch, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2010).
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Euphonia chlorotica
1 (FPAVE3511RE) complex song recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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(FPAVE3512RE) call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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