Euphonia laniirostris
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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 Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 71 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 261st most-seen of the 424 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
25th of 28
Of the 28 parks where we can rate Thick-billed Euphonia sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 25th at under 5%. The best odds are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 60%), Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 30%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thick-billed Euphonia is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (71 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.
