Puna Yellow-Finch (Sicalis lutea)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 3,500 - 4,300 m, occasionally up to 4,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Peru.

South-eastern Peru (highlands from south-eastern Cuzco and north-eastern Arequipa east to Puno and Tacna), Bolivian highlands (La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Potos�� and western Tarija), extreme north-eastern Chile (Visviri area of Arica�"Parinacota) and north-western Argentina (dry puna of Jujuy and Salta).

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

Puna Yellow Finch (Sicalis lutea) [XC229723]
by id from Juliaca area, Puno, Peru (call)

Subspecies
No 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).

References
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