Grassland Yellow Finch

Sicalis luteola - Sicale des savanes

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Sicalis
Species
:
luteola

Descriptor

Sparrman, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 15 à 17 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Sicalis luteola luteola (lower elevation in n Colombia, c Venezuela, Guyana and n Brazil)
Sicalis luteola chrysops (s Mexico to Nicaragua)
Sicalis luteola mexicana (c Mexico)
Sicalis luteola eisenmanni (nw Costa Rica to c Panama)
Sicalis luteola bogotensis (high elevation in n Colombia and nw Venezuela to Ecuador and s Peru)
Sicalis luteola flavissima (Suriname to ne Brazil)
Sicalis luteola chapmani (nc Brazil)
Sicalis luteola luteiventris (s Brazil to c Argentina and c Chile)

Foreign names

Sicale des savanes,
Chirigüe sabanero,
tipio,
Kurzschnabel-Gilbtangare,
Graslandsaffraangors,
Fringuello giallo di prateria,
gultangara,
Solbukspurv,
šafranka pasienková,
šafránka luční,
Lille Safranfinke,
sitruunasirkkunen,
sical de sabana,
szafranka skromna,
Короткоклювый сикалис,
セスジキンノジコ,
草原黄雀鹀,
gultangara,
草原黃雀鵐,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland