Olive back organist
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Olive back organist (male) |
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| Sclater , 1857 |
The olive-back organist ( Euphonia gouldi ) is a small songbird from the genus of organists ( Euphonia ) in the finch family (Fringilidae). The species is divided into two subspecies ( E. g. Gouldi and E. g. Praetermissa ), which occur in the Caribbean lowlands and mountain ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama .
description
The length is 9.5 cm and the weight 12 g. The male has a shiny olive-green upper surface, a yellow forehead and a yellow-rimmed reddish-brown belly. The female has a less shiny upper surface than the male, a maroon forehead, a yellow underside, and a reddish brown belly spot. The young birds are darker and duller in color and have an olive-green underside. It got its scientific name in honor of the British ornithologist John Gould .
His call is a metallic chrrr-chrrr and his chant is a mixture of calls with clear or nasal whistles.
habitat
Its habitat is moist forests with high secondary tree vegetation and adjacent bush clearings, usually at an altitude of 750 m, sometimes up to 1000 m.
Reproduction
The spherical shell nest with a side entrance is hidden behind epiphytes and mosses two to eleven meters high in a tree. The clutch usually consists of three white eggs with brown spots.
Web links
- Euphonia gouldi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Photos by the organist of the olive back ( Memento from October 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Euphonia gouldi in the Internet Bird Collection
literature
- Campbell, B. (1976): The Great Bird Book. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-8001-7025-6