Sulphur-throated Finch (Sicalis taczanowskii)

Other Names (World)
Sulphur-throated Finch, Sulphur-breasted Finch, Sulphur-throated Yellow-finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1888

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

South-western Ecuador (south-western Guayas, El Oro and Loja) and north-western Peru (lowlands of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and northern La Libertad).

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 (3)...)

Sulphur-throated Finch (Sicalis taczanowskii) [XC41028]
by David Beadle from Chaparri Lodge, Lambayeque, Peru (flight call)

Sulphur-throated Finch (Sicalis taczanowskii) [XC41030]
by Juan Freile from Chaparri Lodge, Lambayeque, Peru (call)

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). Until relatively recently this species was placed in a monotypic genus, Gnathospiza, but in many ways it seems to be merely a large-billed member of present genus, and perhaps closest to Raimondi's Yellow-Finch (Sicalis raimondii) and Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola) on basis of plumage features.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sulphur-throated Finch (Sicalis taczanowskii) - 10 files

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