Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch (Sicalis citrina)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1870

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna. From 1,000 - 3,000 m, occasionally down to 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch (Sicalis citrina) [XC707243]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Botumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil (call)

Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch (Sicalis citrina) [XC286665]
by Jeremy Minns from Caiap\u00f4nia, Caiap\u00f4nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic data suggest that genus is most closely related to the "hooded" group of sierra-finches (Black-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus atriceps), Peruvian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus punensis), Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus gayi) and Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus)). Also, that it belongs within the tanager family (Thraupidae). Subspecies poorly differentiated, and species perhaps better treated as monotypic.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

browni Bangs, 1898 - Western and northern Colombia (Santa Marta, Antioquia, Cauca, Santander, Norte de Santander and Cundinamarca), Venezuela (Sierra de Perij�, coastal mountains, Trujillo, Mt Duida and tepuis of Bol��var and Amazonas) and adjacent tepui region of Guyana, Suriname and northern Brazil (locally east to Amap�).
occidentalis Carriker, 1932 - South-eastern Peru (Puno) and north-western Argentina (Salta, Tucum�n and eastern La Rioja).
citrina Pelzeln, 1870 - Eastern Brazil (southern Par�, Goi�s and Piau�� south to eastern Mato Grosso and Paran�).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch (Sicalis citrina) - 10 files

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