Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernSeedsGrasslandCup nestSmall · 35 g

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 1 — Photo: ferferrari · CC0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 2 — Photo: ferferrari · CC0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 3 — Photo: Darío De la Fuente · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 4 — Photo: Ezequiel Racker · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 5 — Photo: Ezequiel Racker · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 6 — Photo: Darío De la Fuente · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 7 — Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 8 — Photo: Bell, Thomas; Darwin, Charles; Gould, Elizabeth; Gould, John; Owen, Richard; Waterhouse, G. R. · Public domain

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 9 — Photo: Ezequiel Racker · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma), photo 10 — Photo: Ezequiel Racker · CC BY 4.0

About the Yellow-bridled Finch

The yellow-bridled finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae found in Argentina and Chile.

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The male is mostly yellow and grey with black markings around the face and neck. The female and juvenile are a mottled slightly yellowish grey.

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Where the Yellow-bridled Finch lives

Regular range

Argentina Chile

When to see the Yellow-bridled Finch

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Peak activity in January · a summer visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

White-bridled FinchMelanodera melanoderaThe male is grey-green above and yellow below with a grey head and upper breast.

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