Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernUncommonSeedsGrasslandCup nestSmall · 16 g

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 1 — Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by Diego Carús · cc0

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 2 — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Gonzalo González Mora, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Gonzalo González Mora, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 7 — Photo: (c) RAP, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Gonzalo González Mora, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Valentín Alfano, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Gonzalo González Mora, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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.

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What the Grassland Yellow Finch sounds like

Recording: aves_SDA_Bogota · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in Suriname.

When to see it

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Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

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.

Orange-fronted Yellow FinchSicalis columbianaThe orange-fronted yellow finch is a species of South American bird in the family Thraupidae.

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