Sicalis

Sicalis
	Saffron finch; Sicalis flaveola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Sicalis; F. Boie, 1828
Type species
	Emberiza braziliensis; Gmelin, 1789

Sicalis is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Sicalis was introduced in 1828 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.^[1] The name is from the Ancient Greek σικαλίς/sikalis, a small, black-headed bird, mentioned by Epicharmus, Aristotle, and other authors. It was perhaps a warbler in the genus Sylvia.^[2] The type species is the saffron finch.^[3] The genus now contains 13 species.^[4]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Sicalis citrina	Stripe-tailed yellow finch	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Sicalis taczanowskii	Sulphur-throated finch	Ecuador and Peru
Sicalis uropigyalis	Bright-rumped yellow finch	the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina
Sicalis flaveola	Saffron finch	Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago
Sicalis columbiana	Orange-fronted yellow finch	Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
Sicalis luteola	Grassland yellow finch	Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Birds which breed further south in Argentina and Uruguay migrate to Bolivia and southern Brazil in the austral winter. There are also isolated populations in Central America and Mexico
Sicalis luteocephala	Citron-headed yellow finch	Andes of Bolivia and far northern Argentina
Sicalis lebruni	Patagonian yellow finch	Argentina and Tierra del Fuego; also Chile.
Sicalis olivascens	Greenish yellow finch	the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
Sicalis mendozae	Monte yellow finch	western Argentina.
Sicalis auriventris	Greater yellow finch	Argentina and Chile
Sicalis raimondii	Raimondi's yellow finch	Peru
Sicalis lutea	Puna yellow finch	Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru

References

^ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Bemerkungen über mehrere neue Vogelgattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Cols 312–328 [324].
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 122.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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[1] Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Bemerkungen über mehrere neue Vogelgattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Cols 312–328 [324].

[2] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[3] Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 122.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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