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Sicalis flaveola
The saffron finch 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, Puerto Rico 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.
Jurong Bird Park.
Hi marirs! This bird is still incorrectly identified. Please look at new suggestion provided to you by Malcolm Wilton-Jones, and make the appropriate changes. Don't forget to change the description. Thank you in advance.
@marirs, in the description you should describe what you actually see, not what books or internet pages say. If you read the description you copied and studied the bird you would realise that you are not describing the bird in the picture.
Hi marirs! This is not a common lora; the bill and plumage are wrong for this bird. Is it also at the Jurong Bird park?
Spotted on Oct 12, 2012
Submitted on May 16, 2014
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