Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

Brazilian name: fim-fim
Male Purple-throated Euphonia, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image Bahia, Brazil and San Martin, Peru

The Purple-throated Euphonia is found east of the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela to northern Argentina but is largely lacking from the Amazon Basin except along the river Amazon / Solimões. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
Male Purple-throated Euphonia, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image They inhabit forest borders, caatinga and chaco scrub and gallery woodland. It is more likely to be found in drier habitats than the Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea.

The male is blue-black above with a deep purple head and throat. The forecrown and underparts are bright yellow. The female is olive above and whitish below with yellow on the forecrown and flanks.
Male Purple-throated Euphonia, Waqanki Lodge, San Martin, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image Photos 1 and 2 from Bahia, Brazil are of the nominate species. Photos 3 and 4 from Peru are of the sub-species E. c. taczanowskii which is more purple on the back with a smaller and paler yellow crown patch.

A typical call is a high, clear, whistled "teee, deee"
Male Purple-throated Euphonia, Laguna, Rucuricocha, San Martin, Peru, September 2018 - click for larger image

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