Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (4)
James D. Rising and Alvaro Jaramillo
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 28, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 28, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Gewone Saffraangors |
| English (United States) | Saffron Finch |
| French | Sicale bouton-d'or |
| German | Safrangilbtangare |
| Japanese | キンノジコ |
| Norwegian | safranspurv |
| Polish | szafranka złotogłowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | canário-da-terra |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Saffron Finch |
| Russian | Шафрановый зерноед |
| Serbian | Šafran zeba |
| Slovak | šafranka zlatočelá |
| Spanish | Chirigüe Azafranado |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Jilguero Dorado |
| Spanish (Chile) | Chirihue azafrán |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gorrión azafrán |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pinzón Sabanero Azafranado |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pinzón Azafranado |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Canario paraguay |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chirigüe Azafranado |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pinzón Azafrán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chirigüe azafranado |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Dorado |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Canario de Tejado |
| Swedish | saffranstangara |
| Turkish | Safran İspinozu |
Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla flaveola
Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat. ed.12, p.321.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality; Surinam designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 27.
Definitions
- SICALIS
- flaveola / flaveolus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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