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

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.

Etymology

From Greek σικαλις sikalis, συκαλλις sukallis or συκαλις sukalis, συκαλιδος sukalidos; which is a small, black-headed bird, mentioned by Epicharmus, Aristotle, and other authors, not further identified, but perhaps a sort of warbler. From συκη sukē "fig-tree".

Species

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