Euphonia laniirostris
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 125th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Guayaquil's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 220 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.
7th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Thick-billed Euphonia sightings, Guayaquil ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Medellín (Colombia, about 30%), Cali (Colombia, about 20%) and Valencia (Venezuela, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thick-billed Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Guayaquil (12 verified sightings), 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.
