The Yellow-throated Euphonia lives in Central American woodland. Males have blue upperparts and bright yellow underparts, while females are more subdued green.
Males have blue upperparts, yellow underparts including the throat, and a yellow forehead. Females are dull green with a pale belly and dark legs. Both have the short tail and stocky shape typical of euphonias.
It feeds mostly on fruit and berries, especially mistletoe and figs. In dry areas it uses gallery forest and moist evergreen woodland; in wetter areas it also occurs at forest edges, in semi-open plantations, and in cloud forest.
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