Grassland Yellow Finch

What the Grassland Yellow Finch sounds like

Recorded by aves_SDA_Bogota · Song · Humedal Guaymaral (near Bogotá), Bogotá, Colombia · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Pichincha: ne-slope Volcán Pichincha, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Grassland Yellow Finch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grassland Yellow Finch

The map shades 27 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Suriname.

About the Grassland Yellow Finch

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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Greenish Yellow FinchSicalis olivascensThe greenish yellow finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Greater Yellow FinchSicalis auriventrisThe greater yellow finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Bright-rumped Yellow FinchSicalis uropygialisThe bright-rumped yellow finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.