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Grassland Yellow-Finch

Sicalis luteola (Sparrman, A 1789)

The grassland yellow finch is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Sicalis
Scientific:
  Sicalis luteola

Original description

Citation:
  (Sparrman, A 1789)

Reference:
   Mus. Carlsonianum fasc.4 pl.93

Protonym:
  Emberiza luteola

Type locality:
  no locality ; Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 327, suggests Surinam, but no certain record of the species exists for there.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128097#page/83/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0A2E975D93C182DA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0A2E975D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0A2E975D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562999

Geographic range:

  • Sicalis luteola luteola: western Andes of Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
  • Sicalis luteola flavissima: islands at mouth of the Amazon River and adjacent Pará
  • Sicalis luteola chrysops: southern Mexico (Veracruz and Chiapas) to Guatemala and northeastern Honduras
  • Sicalis luteola mexicana: Pacific slope of southern Mexico (southwestern Puebla and Morelos)
  • Sicalis luteola eisenmanni: Pacific slope of northwestern Costa Rica (Guanacaste) and Panama (Coclé)
  • Sicalis luteola bogotensis: eastern Andes of Colombia to Venezuela, Ecuador, and southern Peru
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Catalan:
sical de sabana
Czech:
šafránka luční
Danish:
Lille Safranfinke
German:
Kurzschnabel-Gilbammer
Spanish:
Semillero Chirigüe
Spanish (Spain):
Chirigüe Sabanero
Finnish:
sitruunasirkkunen
French:
Sicale des savanes
Italian:
Fringuello dorato della prateria
Japanese (romaji):
sesujikinnojiko
Japanese:
セスジキンノジコ
Lithuanian:
Trumpasnapis sikalis
Dutch:
Grasland-saffraangors
Norwegian:
Solbukspurv
Polish:
szafranka skromna
Portuguese:
Canario-tipio
Portuguese (Brazil):
Tipio
Portuguese (Portugal):
Tipio
Russian:
Жёлтый пунский вьюрок
Slovak:
šafranka pasienková
Swedish:
Gyllenfink
Ukrainian:
Посвірж короткодзьобий
Chinese:
草原黄雀鹀
Chinese (Traditional):
草原黃雀鵐

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Grassland Yellow-finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Grassland Yellow-finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Sicale des savanes ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Grassland Yellow-Finch ( Sicalis luteola) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Sicalis [luteola or luteiventris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: sical de sabana
Czech: šafránka luční, Strnadec lucní
Danish: Lille Safranfinke
German: Kurzschnabel-Gilbammer
English: Grassland Yellow Finch, Grassland Yellowfinch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Yellow Grassfinch
Spanish: Canario Sabanero, Chirigue Sabanero, Chirigüe Sabanero, Chirihue, Gorrión-canario Sabanero, Misto, Pinzón amarillo, Semillero Chirigüe, Zacatero Amarillo
Spanish (Argentine): Misto
Spanish (Chile): Chirihue
Spanish (Colombia): Canario Sabanero
Spanish (Costa Rica): Chirigue Sabanero, Chirigüe sabanero
Spanish (Spain): Chirigüe Sabanero
Spanish (Honduras): Pinzón amarillo
Spanish (Mexico): gorrión-canario sabanero, Zacatero Amarillo
Spanish (Nicaragua): Pinzón Amarillo
Spanish (Panama): Pinzón-Amarillo Sabanero
Spanish (Peru): Chirigüe Común
Spanish (Paraguay): Misto
Spanish (Uruguay): Misto
Spanish (Venezuela): Canario Chirigϋe
Finnish: Sitruunasirkkunen
French: Bouton-d'or à bec court, Bouton-d'or jaunâtre, Sicale des savanes
Guadeloupean Creole French: perruche jaune, Petit Serin
Guarani: Chipíu, Tuju
Italian: Fringuello dorato della prateria, Fringuello giallo di prateria
Japanese (romaji): sesujikinnojiko
Japanese: セスジキンノジコ
Scientific: Emberiza luteola, Sicalis luteola, Sicalis luteola luteola
Lithuanian: Trumpasnapis sikalis
Dutch: Graslandsaffraangors, Grasland-saffraangors
Norwegian: Solbukspurv
Polish: szafranka skromna, szfranka skromna
Portuguese: canário-da-horta, canário-de-lote, canário-do-rio-grande, Canario-tipio, canário-tipio, cigarrinha, Mané-mago, patativa, tibiu, tico-tipió, tipio, tipiu
Portuguese (Brazil): canário-da-horta, canário-de-lote, canário-do-rio-grande, canário-tipio, cigarrinha, mané-mago, patativa, tibiu, tico-tipió, Tipio, Tipiu
Portuguese (Portugal): Tipio
Russian: Жёлтый пунский вьюрок
Slovak: šafranka pasienková
Swedish: Gyllenfink
Ukrainian: Посвірж короткодзьобий
Chinese: 草原黄雀鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 草原黃雀鵐

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