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Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia luteicapilla (Cabanis, 1861)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia luteicapilla, is a finch in the family Fringillidae that breeds in Middle America from Nicaragua to Panama. It lives in tropical and lower subtropical country, using humid and drier areas across the Caribbean and Pacific slopes. It is often seen along forest edges, in clearings, pastures with trees and gardens, and in Panama it also uses scrubland and dry forest margins. The species is sexually dimorphic, with males showing a broad yellow crown and females having an olive head with a yellowish forehead.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Nicaragua to Panama
