Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Yellow-thighed Finch (Pselliophorus tibialis) - HBW 16, p. 581

French: Tohi à cuisses jaunes German: Gelbschenkel-Buschammer Spanish: Cerquero Musliamarillo
Other common names: Yellow-thighed Sparrow/Sparrow-finch

Taxonomy: Tachyphonus tibialis Lawrence, 1864, San José, Costa Rica.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Atlapetes. Sometimes considered conspecific with P. luteoviridis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of Costa Rica (S from Cordillera de Tilarán) and extreme SW Panama (W Chiriquí).