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The Grassland yellow finch (Sicalis luteola) is a bird found in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. Grassland and farms in South America. It eats seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Grassland yellow finch lives

Grassland and farms in South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Grassland yellow finch

Recorded by David Darrell-Lambert (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1081956. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Grassland yellow finch

Where does the Grassland yellow finch live?

The Grassland yellow finch lives in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. Grassland and farms in South America.

What does the Grassland yellow finch eat?

seeds and nuts (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Grassland yellow finch endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Tahiti monarch
• Fatu Hiva monarch
• Galápagos martin
• Baudó oropendola
• Olive-winged trumpeter
• El Oro parakeet

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.