Thick-billed organist

Thick-billed organist
Thick-billed organist ( Euphonia laniirostris )
Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) Family : Finches (Fringillidae) Subfamily : Organists (Euphoniinae) Genre : Organists ( euphonia ) Type : Thick-billed organist
Scientific name
Euphonia laniirostris
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye , 1837

Dick-billed organist, female

The thick-billed organist ( Euphonia laniirostris ) is a songbird from the genus of organists ( Euphonia ) in the finch family (Fringilidae).

description

The thick-billed organist reaches a length of 12.5 cm. In the males, the cheeks, neck and wings are steel blue. The back of the head and neck have a slight purple sheen. The forehead, chest and underside are colored yellow. The eyes and beak are black. The female is olive-green on the upper side and deeply olive-yellow on the underside with an olive-green tint on the breast. The middle of the abdomen is pure yellow in the female. They differ from other species of the genus Euphonia by their powerful beak, which has earned them the name “pico-gordo” (thick beak) among the native people of Panama.

Occurrence

There are five subspecies ( E. l. Crassirostris , E. l. Hypoxantha, E. l. Laniirostris , E. l. Melanura , E. l. Zopholega ) that are found in the Neotropics of Costa Rica , Panama , northern Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia and Brazil are common. The thick-billed organist lives in bushland and tree-covered areas from the plains to heights of 1500 m.

Way of life

It feeds primarily on fruits such as guavas , bananas and mistletoe berries . During the breeding season, a covered nest with a side entrance is built on the ground. Three to five eggs are laid. The young hatch after an incubation period of 14 days. Both parents take care of the rearing of the young, which fledged after about 16 days. There are two to three annual broods from March to August.

literature

• Wolfgang Baars: Fruit eater and flower visitor. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8001-7088-4 .

Web links

Commons : Dickschnabelorganist ( Euphonia laniirostris )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Euphonia laniirostris inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
• Notes on the Nesting of the Thick-billed Euphonia in the Panama Canal Zone (English; PDF file; 268 kB)
• Videos, photos and sound recordings of Euphonia laniirostris in the Internet Bird Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Baars: Fruit Eaters and Flower Visitors . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, p. 169.