Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch (Sicalis columbiana)

Other Names (World)
Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch, Orange-fronted Grass-finch, Venezuelan Yellow-finch (columbiana), Orange-fronted Yellow Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, 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 (18)...)

Orange-fronted Yellow Finch (Sicalis columbiana) [XC466513]
by Dante Buzzetti from Ilha Marchantaria, Rio Solimoes, Amazonas, Brazil (begging call, call, flight call)

Orange-fronted Yellow Finch (Sicalis columbiana) [XC286587]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Rio Preto da Eva, Presidente Figuereido, Amazonas, Brazil (call, 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).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

columbiana Cabanis, 1851 - Central Venezuela in delta and basin of R Orinoco, and eastern Colombia (Meta and Vichada); has bred once in Trinidad.
goeldii von Berlepsch, 1906 - Amazon Basin of Brazil from about R Purus east to lower R Tapaj�s and southern Amap�.
leopoldinae Hellmayr, 1906 - East-central Brazil in southern Maranh�o, Piau��, western Pernambuco, northern and western Bahia, Tocantins and Goi�s.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch (Sicalis columbiana) - 10 files

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