Golden-rumped euphonia

The golden-rumped euphonia (Chlorophonia cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Golden-rumped euphonia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Euphoniinae
Genus:	Chlorophonia
Species:	C. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Chlorophonia cyanocephala (Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms
Euphonia cyanocephala

It was formerly classified in the genus Euphonia, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that it groups with Chlorophonia.^[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.