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.

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) [XC837912]
by id from Condom\u00ednio Mans\u00f5es do Araguaia - Nova Crix\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

Orange-fronted Yellow Finch (Sicalis columbiana) [XC340252]
by Dan Lane from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (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).

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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