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