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.

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) [XC472427]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Carrancas, Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)

Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch (Sicalis citrina) [XC412191]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Cocalzinho de Goi\u00e1s, Cocalzinho de Goi\u00e1s, 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:

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