I spent 12 days in January in Ecuador with the San Jorge Eco Lodges.
This male euphonia was found at the Jerusalem Dry Reserve, Quito, Ecuador.
Mistletoes and Golden-rumped Euphonia seem to be married in an unbreakable bond. The parasitic mistletoes are a preferred food source for this colorful euphonia which disperses its seeds on top of tree branches that will later be parasitized. Widely but disjunctly distributed in South America it is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.(Wikipedia)
Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,Guyana,Paraguay,Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
pelzelni
s Colombia and w Ecuador
insignis
c Ecuador
cyanocephala
e Colombia through n Venezuela to (formerly) Trinidad; the Guianas; e slope of Andes from Peru to Bolivia and nw Argentina; discontinuously in se Brazil, ne Argentina and e Paraguay
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
