Raimondi's Yellow Finch (Sicalis raimondii) [XC16027]
by Josh Beck from Arequipa: 6 km ESE Atico, Peru (call, calls of a flock in flight)
Raimondi's Yellow Finch (Sicalis raimondii) [XC47357]
by Fernando Medrano from Lomas de Lachay, Lima, Peru (call)
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.