Orange-fronted Yellow Finch

The Orange-fronted Yellow-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

The Orange-fronted Yellow Finch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Orange-Fronted Yellow Finch (Sicalis columbiana) Cathartidae: Black Vulture (Corgyps atratus) Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melanbrotus) Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Charadriidae: Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus) Cochlearidae: Boatbilled Heron (Cochlearius cuchlearius) Columbidae: Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacotai) Ruddy Pigeon (Columbia subvinacea) Cotingidae: Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus More

was that the bird was an orange-fronted yellow finch which is very similar to the saffron finch but an inch smaller. I discovered that the Saffron finch is a beautiful songster, unlike the orange-fronted yellow finch, and as a result is frequently kept as a caged bird. The Brazilian name is Canario-da-terra-verdadeiro and one wonders if a Vineyard Brazilian may have lost his caged saffron finch! So I called Gus Ben David and he suggested I call Little Leona’s Pet Shop, which I did. More