Sicalis

Sicalis is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Sicalis was introduced in 1828 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie. The name is from the Ancient Greek σικαλίς/sikalis, a small, black-headed bird, mentioned by Epicharmus, Aristotle, and other authors. It was perhaps a warbler in the genus Sylvia. The type species is the saffron finch. The genus now contains 13 species.

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
File:Canário-rasteiro (cropped).jpg	Sicalis citrina	Stripe-tailed yellow finch	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
File:Sicalis taczanowskii - Sulphur-throated Finch - male.jpg	Sicalis taczanowskii	Sulphur-throated finch	Ecuador and Peru
File:Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch (8077601983).jpg	Sicalis uropigyalis	Bright-rumped yellow finch	the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina
File:Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) male.JPG	Sicalis flaveola	Saffron finch	Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago
File:Orange-fronted yellow finch.jpg	Sicalis columbiana	Orange-fronted yellow finch	Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
File:Sicalis luteola -Arroio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil-8.jpg	Sicalis luteola	Grassland yellow finch	Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Birds which breed further south in Argentina and Uruguay migrate to Bolivia and southern Brazil in the austral winter. There are also isolated populations in Central America and Mexico
File:Citron-headed Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteocephala) (8077605702).jpg	Sicalis luteocephala	Citron-headed yellow finch	Andes of Bolivia and far northern Argentina
File:Patagonian Yellow-Finch (Sicalis lebruni) (15935713886).jpg	Sicalis lebruni	Patagonian yellow finch	Argentina and Tierra del Fuego; also Chile.
File:Greenish Yellow-Finch - Peru 86 varie 0044 (23392280695).jpg	Sicalis olivascens	Greenish yellow finch	the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
File:Sicalis mendozae - Monte Yellow-Finch (cropped).jpg	Sicalis mendozae	Monte yellow finch	western Argentina.
File:Greater Yellow-finch.jpg	Sicalis auriventris	Greater yellow finch	Argentina and Chile
	Sicalis raimondii	Raimondi's yellow finch	Peru
File:Sicalis lutea - Puna Yellow-Finch; San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina (cropped).jpg	Sicalis lutea	Puna yellow finch	Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru