West Mexican Euphonia (Euphonia godmani)
About the West Mexican Euphonia
The West Mexican euphonia (Euphonia godmani) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is endemic to Mexico. The West Mexican euphonia was originally described by William Brewster in 1889 with its current binomial Euphonia godmani. Brewster called it "Godman's euphonia"; that English name and its specific epithet honor Frederick DuCane Godman. The West Mexican euphonia was later reassigned as a subspecies of the scrub euphonia (E. affinis). (Brewster had noted the strong resemblance of the two.) Most major taxonomic systems again recognized it as a full species in 2021 and the first version of AviList (2025) followed suit. However, as of late 2025, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains it as a subspecies.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 23 recordings for this species: 18 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bronze-green EuphoniaEuphonia mesochrysarecording
- Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissarecording
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogasterrecording
- Rufous-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia rufiventrisrecording
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisrecording
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.