A photo of a Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola), male
Saffron Finch, Male

Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

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 "can谩rio-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. The male is bright yellow with an orange crown which distinguishes it from most other yellow finches (the exception being the orange-fronted yellow finch). The females are more difficult to identify and are usually just a slightly duller version of the male, but in the southern subspecies S. f. pelzelni they are olive-brown with heavy dark streaks.
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Photos

Sightings

A photo of a Saffron Finch photographed in  United States
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Xavier Willke
Monday 27 Mar 2023 - 3:27am
United States
A map showing the sighting location
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Archer Silverman
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 8:50pm
United States
A map showing the sighting location
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Archer Silverman
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 7:07pm
United States
A photo of a Saffron Finch photographed in Florian贸polis -- Lagoa da Chica Brazil
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Angie Brew
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 12:15pm
Brazil
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