Listen to the Saffron finch
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About the Saffron finch
The Saffron finch is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 19 g.
What does the Saffron finch sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as sicalis flaveola. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, northern Venezuela (where it is called "canario de tejado" or "roof canary"), western Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil (where it is called "canário-da-terra" or "native canary"), Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, Panama, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and elsewhere. Although commonly regarded as a canary, it is not related to the Atlantic canary. Formerly, it was placed in the Emberizidae but it is close to the seedeaters.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Fawn-breasted tanager
Pipraeidea melanonota
Frequently asked questions
What does a Saffron finch sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Saffron finch on this page, including its sicalis flaveola. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Saffron finch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Saffron finch as “least concern”.
What family does the Saffron finch belong to?
The Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Sicalis flaveola by Eurico Zimbres – CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1064372 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Saffron finch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by @LuizAlves1990 – CC BY-SA 4.0