Image of Saffron Finch

Description:

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 'canrio da terra' or 'earth canary'), Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, Puerto Rico and elsewhere.