Saffron bunting
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Saffron bunting ( Sicalis flaveola ) |
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The Saffron Finch ( Sicalis flaveola ) is a bird art from the family of tanagers (Thraupidae), often called ornamental bird is held.
features
The male has yellow plumage with darker wings and tail tip and an orange forehead. The female is either gray-brown on top, whitish on the underside with a yellow chest band, or it is a paler version of the male. The song of the saffron bunting is melodic.
Occurrence
The saffron bammer lives in savannah and bush landscapes outside the Amazon basin in Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Brazil and Argentina . It was introduced in parts of Central America and the Caribbean .
behavior
The saffron bunting is a sociable bird that forms small flocks and searches for seeds on the ground.
Reproduction
The saffron bammer breeds in a tree hole, in the roof beams of a house, or it takes over an abandoned nest of another bird. Three to five eggs are incubated by the female for about two weeks. The young birds fledge at 14-17 days.
literature
- Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1993, 2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3
- Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Sicalis flaveola in the Internet Bird Collection
- Sicalis flaveola in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.