Saffron Finch
Sicalis
flaveola
Photographed in the wild, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Mar 2014
The Saffron Finch is a Tanager and an immigrant of
South America. It was introduced in the 1960's and common to Kona coast on the
big island of Hawaii. They are mostly
yellow with varying amount of orange on the fore crown of the males. Females
are duller in colour.
They are common in dry forest areas and gregarious
forming large post breeding flocks sometimes in the hundreds. They forge on the
ground for seeds and insects will visit feeders. They nest in cavities of trees
and will lay 2-3 eggs a year. The female incubates the eggs and the male guards
the nest.
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