Citron-headed Yellow Finch
Sicalis luteocephala(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
English (US) Citron-headed Yellow Finch
The Citron-headed Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteocephala) 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: highlands of western Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Jujuy)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sicalis luteocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Citron-headed Yellow Finch
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Emberiza luteocephala
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
- Type locality
- Chuquisaca, Bolivia ; type from Totora, near Mizque, Cochabamba, fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 312.
- 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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