Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
About the Saffron Finch
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, Jamaica 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.
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2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 332 recordings for this species in total.
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.