Raimondi's Yellow-Finch (Sicalis raimondii)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Taczanowski, 1874

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and high altitude shrubland, rocky areas. From 200 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru.

Pacific slope in southern Peru from Lima south to extreme northern Tacna.

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 (12)...)

Raimondi's Yellow Finch (Sicalis raimondii) [XC158129]
by Cristian Pinto from Lomas de Lachay, Lima, Peru (flight call)

Raimondi's Yellow Finch (Sicalis raimondii) [XC346422]
by Fernando Medrano from Cuya, Arica, Regi\u00f3n de Tarapac\u00e1, Chile (song)

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). This species previously considered conspecific with Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola) owing to similarities in plumage, but the two occur sympatrically and behave as good biological species.

References
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