Sicalis
| Sicalis | |
|---|---|
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| Saffron finch Sicalis flaveola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Sicalis F. Boie, 1828 |
Sicalis is a genus of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae.
It contains the following species:
- Stripe-tailed yellow finch (Sicalis citrina)
- Puna yellow finch (Sicalis lutea)
- Bright-rumped yellow finch (Sicalis uropygialis)
- Citron-headed yellow finch (Sicalis luteocephala)
- Greater yellow finch (Sicalis auriventris)
- Greenish yellow finch (Sicalis olivascens)
- Monte yellow finch (Sicalis mendozae)
- Patagonian yellow finch (Sicalis lebruni)
- Orange-fronted yellow finch (Sicalis columbiana)
- Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Grassland yellow finch (Sicalis luteola)
- Raimondi's yellow finch (Sicalis raimondii)
- Sulphur-throated finch (Sicalis taczanowskii)
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