Saffron finch

Saffron finch
Male, Brazil
Female
Song
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sicalis
Species:
S. flaveola
Binomial name
Sicalis flaveola
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Fringilla flaveola Linnaeus, 1766

juvenile male
In the Pantanal, Brazil

The saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, northern Venezuela (where it is called "canario de tejado" or "roof canary"), western Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil (where it is called "canário-da-terra" or "native canary"), Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, Panama, Puerto Rico and elsewhere. Although commonly regarded as a canary, it is not related to the Atlantic canary. Formerly, it was placed in the Emberizidae but it is close to the seedeaters.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sicalis flaveola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723346A132162254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723346A132162254.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.