Saffron Finch © nejohnston.org

Introduced to Cuba, Jamaica, USA.

Proposed taxon Sicalis striata (described from Buenos Aires, in Argentina) invalid, based on a specimen regarded as a breeding male of subspecies pelzelni in immature plumage.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Northern and eastern Colombia (south to Meta), Venezuela south to R Orinoco (also north-western Amazonas), coasts of the Guianas, and Trinidad.
• valida Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921   -  Coastal slope in Ecuador (Guayaquil) south to north-western Peru (Ancash).
• brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)   -  Eastern Brazil from Maranhío, Minas Gerais and Sío Paulo east to Atlantic coast.
• pelzelni Sclater, PL, 1872   -  Bolivia east of Andes (southern from southern Beni), south-eastern Brazil (southern from Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina), Paraguay, eastern Argentina (south to eastern Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires) and Uruguay; recently also in Chile (Los Rí­os and Los Lagos; possibly introduced).
• koenigi Hoy, G, 1978   -  North-western Argentina (Salta and Jujuy).

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