What are euphonias? Ornithologists used to classify them with tanagers. Now DNA studies indicate that they are finches. These Yellow-throated Euphonias were acting just like finches, as they fed on the lawn of the Hotel de Montana Monteverde. A male is in the first photo, a female in the second. The species ranges from eastern Mexico to western Panama. Yellow-throated Euphonias usually eat fruit, especially mistletoe berries. I am not sure what they were eating in the hotel lawn—insects or weed seeds? Either is possible.
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