Yellow-rumped Siskin - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by njlarsen
El Yeso/El Morado valleys, Chile, November 2009

Spinus uropygialis

Carduelis uropygialis

Identification

12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)

• Black head, breast and back
• Yellow rump and belly
• Yellow wing-bar
• Dark streaks on yellow flanks
• Long wings

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of central Peru through Bolivia to north-western Argentina and northern Chile.

Female
Photo by nkgray
El Yeso valley, central Chile, November 2012

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Formerly placed in genus Carduelis.

Habitat

Polyepsis woodland, lightly wooded plains and mountain slopes of the high Andes above 2,500 metres.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in pairs or small groups looking for seeds on the ground or in low vegetation. They occasionally eat insects too.

Breeding

There is little information; juveniles have been observed during April and May.

Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Central Andes, El Yeso Valley, central Chile, November 2008

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-rumped Siskin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-rumped_Siskin

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