Yellow-faced Siskin
Spinus yarrellii(Audubon, JJ, 1839)
English (US) Yellow-faced Siskin
The Yellow-faced Siskin (Spinus yarrellii) 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 Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northern Venezuela; interior northeastern Brazil (Ceará to Bahia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spinus yarrellii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Yellow-faced Siskin
- Described by
- (Audubon, JJ, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carduelis yarrellii
- Described by
- (Audubon, JJ, 1839)
- Type locality
- 'Upper California' [error] ; Bahia, Brazil, designated by Todd, 1926, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 17, p. 32.
- Original description
- A synopsis of the birds of North America p.117
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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