Grassland Yellow-Finch
Sicalis luteola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusSicalis (Yellow-Finches)
- SpeciesSicalis luteola (Grassland Yellow-Finch)
The grassland yellow finch (Sicalis luteola) is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers. It is a resident in tropical South America, from 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, (the cerrado etc.), in the austral winter. There are also isolated populations in Central America and Mexico. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Sierra de la Macarena National Park
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch
Sicalis columbiana
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Burnished-buff Tanager
Stilpnia cayana
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis
Masked Tanager
Stilpnia nigrocincta
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Grassland Yellow-Finch at Sierra de la Macarena National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 4 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Huascarán National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 13 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 15 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 17 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 18 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 19 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 20 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 21 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |