Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Sicalis (3 species, 13 worldwide)


Saffron Finch
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola flaveola) Male
Puerto Boyacá, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Saffron Finch
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) Female
Iguazu National Park, Argentina  
   
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Saffron Finch
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola flaveola) Immature Male
Villeta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common even in urban areas. Expanding range with deforestation.
Immatures males often have only a yellow chest band, making then look like a different species.

Grassland Yellow Finch
Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola luteiventris) Male
Mejia Wetlands, Peru
  Possibly a female. Male is yellower.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually found in marshes deep in tall reeds at all altitudes. Sometimes in large groups.

Sulphur-throated Finch
Sulphur-throated Finch (Sicalis taczanowskii)
Las Salinas, Pomac, Lambayeque, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.



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