[order] Passeriformes | [family] Emberizidae | [latin] Caryothraustes canadensis | [UK] Yellow-green Grosbeak | [FR] Cardinal flavert | [DE] Gelbbauchkardinal | [ES] Piquigrueso Verde | [IT] Beccogrosso giallo-verde | [NL] Geelbuikkardinaal
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Parkerthraustes | canadensis | ||||
| Caryothraustes | canadensis | SA | Tepuis to ec Brazil | ||
| Caryothraustes | canadensis | brasiliensis | |||
| Caryothraustes | canadensis | canadensis | |||
| Caryothraustes | canadensis | frontalis |
Physical charateristics
The body is olive-yellow with a black face. Lores, area around the eyes and throat black. Crwon and nape yollow-green. Underparts yellow-olive with the center of the belly yellow. Sexes are alike. The bill is two colored front part blue grey, point part nlack
Listen to the sound of Yellow-green Grosbeak
[audio:http://www.aviflevoland.nl/sounddb/Y/Yellow-green Grosbeak.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
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Range
It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is common in rain forests and mature capoeiras, where it lives in pairs or noisy flocks with up to 10 or 20 birds. Favors upper and middle strata of rainforest
Reproduction
No data
Feeding habits
Mostly berries and fruits, will also take insects. Forages in small flocks.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,800,000 km