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saffron finch

  1. J

    Some of my Birds Illustrations

    Hello, everybody! :) Hope you all are doing well. It's my first post showing my artworks here. I'm illustrator and even I've started drawing with traditional medium and most in realistic style, currently I illustrate birds in a "cartoon-ish" style. So it's always a lovely challenge to make a...
  2. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    I believe this is a Saffron Finch, but happy to be corrected.
  3. 305_Male Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola pelzelni Canário-da-terra-verdadeiro Semillero Basto G...jpg

    305_Male Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola pelzelni Canário-da-terra-verdadeiro Semillero Basto G...jpg

    Another picture taken last weekend in SE Brazil, next to Intervales Park (SE Brazil). Have a great weekend everyone, take care.
  4. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

  5. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

  6. Saffron

    Saffron

    Not a native bird, but it did seem to enjoy the native scrub forest, especially these trees that were in flower. I also saw more silvereyes and mynas in the forest there, similarly occupied with foraging insects and nectar. I'll catch up with you later this evening, in between packing and...
  7. South-American guest nr 2

    South-American guest nr 2

    These I actually remember from my trip to Argentina. They were so much fun to watch as they jumped to strip buds or seed pods off some grassy stems that sort of hung out from plants that grew in cracks in the curbstones and dangled over the running track, just a smidge too high for these wee...
  8. Right way up

    Right way up

    And now in a more conventional pose.
  9. Peekaboo

    Peekaboo

    More garden birds from Araras.
  10. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    Nome Cientfico Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) Nome em Ingls Saffron Finch
  11. Canrio-da-terra-verdadeiro (male)

    Canrio-da-terra-verdadeiro (male)

    Sicalis flaveola Saffron Finch
  12. Saffron Finch (female)

    Saffron Finch (female)

    Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola subsp. pelzelni) Female, species sexually dimorphic. South Wild, Pantanal, south of Pocon, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Pantanal with interspersed cerrado vegetation at ca. 128 m (420 ft) elevation.
  13. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    Beautiful finch in Kona. This finch was introduced to Hawaii in the 1960's.
  14. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    This beautiful finch was introduced to Hawaii in the 1960's.
  15. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola subsp. valida) Sexes similar. Photographed at Chaparr Lodge, a private ecological reserve, ca. 60-70 km east of Chiclayo, Lambayeque Department, Peru. Equatorial dry forest composed of desert scrub and cacti at ca. 29 m (95 ft) elevation.
  16. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

  17. Bath time

    Bath time

    Saffron Finch making good use of a puddle next to a cattle watering tank
  18. Couple

    Couple

    Canrio-da-terra, Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola). I think this head-up display is not dispute but courtship behaviour.
  19. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

  20. Saffron Finch (sub-adult)

    Saffron Finch (sub-adult)

  21. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

  22. Saffron Finch (male and female)

    Saffron Finch (male and female)

    Females to the left and right and male in the centre. Taken near Eldorado, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
  23. Another Saffron Finch

    Another Saffron Finch

    The female is not quite so yellow as the male.
  24. Saffron Finch in a Tree

    Saffron Finch in a Tree

    This bird was about as tame as our sparrows so I mostly saw it on the ground. I generally prefer shots of birds in trees as it looks a bit more natural.
  25. Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    I have to admit to liking this bird. The colourful ones are a bit more exciting.
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