Euphonia affinis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The scrub euphonia (Euphonia affinis) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. The scrub euphonia was originally described in 1842 with the binomial Tanagra (Euphonia) affinis. Genus Tanagra was later subsumed into Euphonia. The genus Euphonia had long 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 scrub euphonia's further taxonomy is unsettled. In that year they recognized godmani as a full species, the West Mexican euphonia. However, as of late 2025, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains godmani as a subspecies of the scrub euphonia.
This article follows the two-subspecies model. The scrub euphonia is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. It weighs 8.5 to 12.8... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 2 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Euphonia sighting in Managua on a given day, based on 514 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 132 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Euphonia in Managua on a given day, against about 10% in April and May, the lowest months. That is one of Managua's driest months, with almost no rain against 310 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scrub Euphonia sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Scrub Euphonia sightings, Managua ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in San Salvador (El Salvador, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Scrub Euphonia that you can see in Managua (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Clay-colored Thrush (about 80%), Great-tailed Grackle (about 80%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scrub Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Managua (514 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.
