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 Paracas National Reserve
Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
Sicalis raimondii
Puna Yellow-Finch
Sicalis lutea
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Greenish Yellow-Finch
Sicalis olivascens
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Cinereous Conebill
Conirostrum cinereum
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Sporophila telasco
Drab Seedeater
Sporophila simplex
Streaked Saltator
Saltator striatipectus
Slender-billed Finch
Xenospingus concolor
Black-throated Flowerpiercer
Diglossa brunneiventris
Blue-and-white Swallow
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Grassland Yellow-Finch at Paracas National Reserve — 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 |