Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusSicalis (Yellow-Finches)
SpeciesSicalis flaveola (Saffron Finch)

Insufficient data

overall probability at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

4 Verified records at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

Thraupis episcopus

50–60% · Likely

Thraupis palmarum

40–50% · Likely

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Stilpnia larvata

Coereba flaveola

Loriotus luctuosus

Sporophila corvina

Tangara inornata

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Ramphocelus flammigerus

30–40% · Possible

Ramphocelus icteronotus

Insufficient data

Saltator maximus

20–30% · Possible

See all 12 relatives Show fewer

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Saffron Finch at San Lorenzo Protected Forest — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	70–80%
2	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	60–70%
3	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	60–70%
4	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	60–70%
5	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	50–60%
6	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	50–60%
7	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	50–60%
8	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	50–60%
9	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	40–50%
10	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	40–50%
11	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	30–40%
12	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	30–40%
13	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	30–40%
14	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	20–30%
15	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	20–30%
16	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	10–20%
17	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	10–20%
18	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	10–20%
19	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	10–20%
20	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	10–20%
21	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	10–20%
22	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	5–10%
23	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	5–10%
24	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	5–10%
25	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
26	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
27	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
28	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
29	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
30	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
31	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
32	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
33	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
34	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
35	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
36	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
37	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
38	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
39	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	Insufficient data
40	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
41	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
42	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

← Back to San Lorenzo Protected Forest

Saffron Finch

Closest Relatives at San Lorenzo Protected Forest

Blue-gray Tanager

Palm Tanager

Crimson-backed Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

Bananaquit

White-shouldered Tanager

Variable Seedeater

Plain-colored Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Flame-rumped Tanager

Lemon-rumped Tanager

Buff-throated Saltator

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found