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Sicalis flaveola · Family Thraupidae
Sicalis flaveola
Family Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 895,350
- Countries and territories with records
- 35
About this species
This species has 895,350 occurrence records from 35 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (28.5%), Colombia (24.9%), Argentina (17.1%), Venezuela (6.6%) and the United States (5.9%); together they account for 83% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sicalis flaveola combines the genus name Sicalis with the species epithet flaveola. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Sicalis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sicalis luteola, Sicalis olivascens and Sicalis auriventris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 370 species of the family Thraupidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Thraupis episcopus. Its record count is 17.2 times the family average (51,963). The family Thraupidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.