Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
- tidak umum
- 38 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Uniformly golden yellow except for an orange forehead flash. Nests in other birds' abandoned cavities.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified; described as common and widespread across its range
- Habitat
- Open and semi-open lowland areas — pastures, savanna, second-growth scrub, agricultural land, and towns/suburbs (readily visits bird feeders) — from sea level up to about 2,000 m, generally outside the dense Amazon basin
- Fakta menarik
- Despite folk names like "saffron canary" and a long history as a caged songbird (its polygamous, territorial males were even caged together for blood-sport fighting rings), the Saffron Finch is not a canary at all — it is a tanager (family Thraupidae, formerly placed in Emberizidae) native to South America.
- Sebaran
- Native to northern and central South America: Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina; introduced populations established in Hawaii, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
- Makanan
- Primarily granivorous, foraging on the ground for grass and weed seeds and grain; readily takes supplemental food at feeders and bird tables
- Ukuran
- 0,15 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,6 tahun
