Euphonia violacea
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea) is a small passerine bird in the true finch family Fringillidae. It is widely distributed in eastern South America. The violaceous euphonia was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae based on a specimen in the collection of Adolf Frederick of Sweden. He placed it with the finches in the genus Fringilla and coined the binomial name Fringilla violacea. The specific epithet is from Latin violaceus meaning "violet-coloured". Linnaeus specified the type locality as Calidis regionibus ("hot countries") but in 1902 Hans von Berlepsch and Ernst Hartert designated the locality as Suriname. The violaceous euphonia is now one of 25 Neotropical species placed in the genus Euphonia that was introduced in 1806 by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 7 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Basel Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 3 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 5 | Nuremberg Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 28 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Como Park Zoo and Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Como Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 12 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 14 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 6 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 14 | Butterfly World | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Violaceous Euphonia sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 739 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 346 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Violaceous Euphonia in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violaceous 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 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Violaceous Euphonia sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 60%), Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 50%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Euphonia
The closest relatives of the Violaceous Euphonia that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Euphonia, Typical Euphonias) are Purple-throated Euphonia (about 40%) and Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violaceous Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (739 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.
