Euphonia chlorotica
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The purple-throated euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile, though in French Guiana only as a vagrant.
In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the purple-throated euphonia in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name Le tangara noir et jaune de Cayenne and the Latin Tangara Cayanensis Nigrolutea. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. In 1766, when naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the purple-throated euphonia. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Tanagra chlorotica and cited Brisson's work. The specific epithet chlorotica is from the Ancient Greek khlōrotēs "greenness".
The purple-throated euphonia is now one of 25 Neotropical species placed in the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 14 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 17 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 10 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Euphonia sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 1,540 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 346 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Euphonia in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against about 30% in November to March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-throated 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.
Among the best
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Purple-throated Euphonia sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Euphonia
The closest relatives of the Purple-throated Euphonia that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Euphonia, Typical Euphonias) are Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (about 30%) and Violaceous Euphonia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-throated Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (1,540 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.
