Bright-rumped yellow finch

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The bright-rumped yellow finch (Sicalis uropigyalis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Puna grassland: Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and heavily degraded former forest.

Bright-rumped yellow finch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sicalis
Species:
S. uropigyalis
Binomial name
Sicalis uropigyalis
Synonyms

Emberiza uropigyalis

The bright-rumped yellow finch was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye from a specimen collected in the Bolivian Andes. They coined the binomial name Emberiza uropigyalis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sicalis uropigyalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723316A94811919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723316A94811919.en. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ d'Orbigny, Alcide; Lafresnaye, Frédéric de (1837). "Synopsis avium". Magasin de Zoologie (in Latin). 7 (2): 1–88 [75].