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title: "Saffron Finch"
description: "Sicalis flaveola — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/saffron-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Saffron Finch

> Sicalis flaveola — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Sicalis flaveola*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 49879
- Wikidata: [Q1064372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9864](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9864)

## Names

- en: Saffron Finch
- de: Safranammer
- es: Canario coronado
- fr: Sicale bouton-d'or
- nl: Gewone saffraangors
- pt: Canário-da-terra-verdadeiro
- pl: Szafranka złotogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (14496), AR (9089), CO (8246), US (4727), EC (3767), PE (2611), PA (1013), UY (666), BO (618), VE (478), CW (317), TT (250)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_finch

## Photo

![Saffron Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/saffron-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193335476

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/saffron-finch?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).