Euphonia laniirostris
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The thick-billed euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. The thick-billed euphonia was originally described in 1837 with its current binomial Euphonia laniirostris (though spelled as "E. lanii rostris"). The genus Euphonia had long been placed in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. Multiple studies in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries resulted in its being reassigned to its present place in the family Fringillidae.
The thick-billed euphonia has these five subspecies: Subspecies E. l. melanura was originally described as a full species. Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Parque de las Leyendas | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | The Living Planet Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia sighting in Chagres National Park on a given day, based on 937 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 372 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia in Chagres National Park on a given day, against about 40% in July and December, the lowest months. That is one of Chagres National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain against 30 mm in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thick-billed Euphonia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 28 parks where we can rate Thick-billed Euphonia sightings, Chagres National Park has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 30%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Euphonia
The closest relatives of the Thick-billed Euphonia that you can see in Chagres National Park (genus Euphonia, Typical Euphonias) are Fulvous-vented Euphonia (about 50%), Yellow-crowned Euphonia (about 30%) and Tawny-capped Euphonia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thick-billed Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Chagres National Park (937 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
