An outstandingly colorful bird which strangely enough is very hard to find.
Meet the Golden Rumped Euphonia
The golden-rumped euphonia (Chlorophonia cyanocephala) measures between 11 and 11.5 cm in length and weighs approximately 14 g. The crown and the nape are light blues in both sexes; the male has a shiny bluish-black back, cheeks, and throat; the underparts and the urpigium are bright yellows.
The female has green plumage, dark on the back and light to yellowish on the lower ones.
She also has an ocher stripe on the forehead above the beak.
“File:Golden-rumped Euphonia (2).jpg” by Rick elis.simpson is (cropped) licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
This bird is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
The Golden-rumped Euphonia likes to live in tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forests.
Being omnivorous birds they like to feed on various wild fruits and also small insects.
Golden-rumped Euphonia builds a globular nest with grass and moss, in a tree between 4 and 8 m above the ground or in high ravines, for example in road cuts. The female lays two cream-colored eggs with brown and black spots.
“Euphonia cyanocephala / Eufonia cabeciazul / Golden-rumped Euphonia” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
These birds are listed as of Least Concern on the IUCN red list.
Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
You can watch this bird right here in the video below:
