Order: Passeriformes | Family: Fringillidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Status: The Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia is rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1700-2500 m. It also occurs in humid forest of Piura and Cajamarca at similar elevations. The Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Chlorophonia de Pecho Castaño.
Sub-species: Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys), P. L. Sclater, 1851.
Meaning of Name: Chlorophonia: Gr. Khlōros= green and ; Euphonia= genus Euphonia, Desmarest, 1806. pyrrhophrys: Gr. Purrhos= flame-coloured, red and ophruos= eyebrow, brow.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.