Euphonia laniirostris
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 427 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 285 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Euphonia in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Tayrona National Natural Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 180 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.
3rd of 28
Of the 28 parks where we can rate Thick-billed Euphonia sightings, Tayrona National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 60%) and Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, 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 Tayrona National Natural Park (427 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.
