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title: "Geelkeelorganist"
description: "Euphonia hirundinacea — Vogels. The yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) is a species of songbird in the family Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-throated-euphonia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geelkeelorganist

> Euphonia hirundinacea — Vogels. The yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) is a species of songbird in the family Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Euphonia hirundinacea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 6169
- Wikidata: [Q1300835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1300835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9287](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9287)

## Names

- en: Yellow-throated Euphonia
- de: Schwalbenorganist
- es: Eufonia garganta amarilla
- fr: Organiste à gorge jaune
- nl: Geelkeelorganist
- pl: Organka żółtogardła

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2533), CR (1834), HN (404), BZ (324), NI (177), GT (162), SV (53)

## Summary

The yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) is a species of songbird in the family Fringillidae. It is found in southeastern Mexico and throughout Central America with its range stretching from Belize south to western Panama. It inhabits primarily both humid and dry regions where it prefers the forest edge, open woodland, and shaded plantations. It has two subspecies, the nominate subspecies Euphonia hirundinacea hirundinacea and Euphonia hirundinacea gnatho. This finch is a small bird with pointed wings and a short bill and short tail. Males of this species have dark glossy blue-black upperparts excluding…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-throated_euphonia

## Photo

![Geelkeelorganist](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-throated-euphonia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247374174

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-throated-euphonia?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).