Sicalis
Sicalis is a genus of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae.
| Sicalis | |
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| Saffron finch Sicalis flaveola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Sicalis F. Boie, 1828 |
Etymology
From Greek σικαλις sikalis, συκαλλις sukallis or συκαλις sukalis, συκαλιδος sukalidos; which is a small, black-headed bird, mentioned by Epicharmus, Aristotle, and other authors, not further identified, but perhaps a sort of warbler. From συκη sukē "fig-tree".[1]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Sicalis citrina | Stripe-tailed yellow finch | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
.jpg) | Sicalis lutea | Puna yellow finch | Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. |
.jpg) | Sicalis uropygialis | Bright-rumped yellow finch | the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina |
_(8077605702).jpg) | Sicalis luteocephala | Citron-headed yellow finch | Andes of Bolivia and far northern Argentina |
| Sicalis auriventris | Greater yellow finch | Argentina and Chile. | |
.jpg) | Sicalis olivascens | Greenish yellow finch | the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru |
| Sicalis mendozae | Monte yellow finch | western Argentina. | |
_(15935713886).jpg) | Sicalis lebruni | Patagonian yellow finch | Argentina and Tierra del Fuego; also Chile. |
 | Sicalis columbiana | Orange-fronted yellow finch | Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela |
_male.JPG) | Sicalis flaveola | Saffron finch | Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. |
 | Sicalis luteola | Grassland yellow finch | Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Birds which breed further south in Argentina and Uruguay migrate to Bolivia and southern Brazil, (the cerrado etc.), in the austral winter. There are also isolated populations in Central America and Mexico. |
| Sicalis raimondii | Raimondi's yellow finch | Peru | |
| Sicalis taczanowskii | Sulphur-throated finch | Ecuador and Peru | |
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