Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Euphonia, near Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil, March 2003 - click for larger image near Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
March 2003

The Rufous-bellied Euphonia is distributed throughout the Amazon Basin except north of the Amazon and east of the rio Negro. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in the canopy and borders of humid forest often near epiphytes.
The male is dark blue on the upperparts, head, throat and chest with no yellow patch on the head. Lower breast and belly is orange rufous in colour.

This bird was recorded by Jeremy Minns.
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