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Tanagers, seedeaters, honeycreepers, flower-piercers, euphonias, grassquits, Galapagos finches, etc.
Order:
Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
413 species
most habitats of New World tropics, with some forest birds into temperate north;
bills highly variable, but commissure less angled than in emberizids; often brightly colored, males often more brightly colored;
diets range widely, usually large amount of fruit or (less commonly) seeds in diet;
cup or closed nest; 2-5 eggs; biparental care, often with helpers
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla calling
Lesser Seed-FinchOryzoborus angolensis calling
