Euphonia laniirostris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 538 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Panama City's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 260 mm in October.
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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Thick-billed Euphonia sightings, Panama City ranks 4th at about 10%. 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 Panama City (538 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.
