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Carduelis yarrellii

Photo by ciroalbano
Photo taken: State of Cear, Brazil.

[edit] Identification

10 cm. Black crown, bright yellow face, sides of neck and underparts, pale yellow-olive upperparts with short, dark olive stripes, yellow rump, black wings, olive-yellow edging to wing-coverts, bright yellow wing-bar, wing-patch and tertial fringes, black tail with yellow base. Female has bright yellowish-olive crown and upperparts with yellower rump.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes, dry shrubland, arable land, plantations, and urban areas.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in trees.

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