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Yellow-faced siskin

Yellow-faced siskin
Carduelis yarrellii.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Spinus
Species: S. yarrellii
Binomial name
Spinus yarrellii
(Audubon, 1839)
Synonyms

Sporagra yarrellii
Carduelis yarrellii


Sporagra yarrellii
Carduelis yarrellii

The yellow-faced siskin (Spinus yarrellii) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist mountains, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, plantations, and urban areas.

The binomial of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist William Yarrell.

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.



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