Puna Yellow Finch
Sicalis lutea(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
English (US) Puna Yellow Finch
The Puna Yellow Finch (Sicalis lutea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of southern Peru (Cusco) to western Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sicalis lutea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puna Yellow Finch
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Emberiza lutea
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
- Type locality
- summit of the Andes, Bolivia; type from 'pampas d'Oruro', fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 309.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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