Arremon

Arremon
Orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Passerellidae
Genus:Arremon
Vieillot, 1816

Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the Passerellidae family. With the exception of the green-striped brush finch and the Guerrero brush finch, which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, with a few reaching Central America.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Arremon crassirostrisSooty-faced finchCosta Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia
Arremon castaneicepsOlive finchColombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
Arremon brunneinuchaChestnut-capped brush finchcentral Mexico to south-eastern Peru.
Arremon virenticepsGreen-striped brush finchMexico
Arremon kuehnerii Guerrero brush finch Mexico
Arremon atricapillusBlack-headed brush finchColombia and Panama
Arremon costaricensisCosta Rican brush finchPanama and Costa Rica
Arremon basilicusSierra Nevada brush finchnorthern Colombia
Arremon perijanusPerija brush finchnorth-east Colombia and north-west Venezuela
Arremon phaeopleurusCaracas brush finchVenezuela
Arremon phygasParia brush finchVenezuela
Arremon assimilisGrey-browed brush finchVenezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru.
Arremon torquatusWhite-browed brush finchArgentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru
Arremon aurantiirostrisOrange-billed sparrowBelize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Arremon taciturnusPectoral sparrowBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Arremon franciscanusSão Francisco sparrowRio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
Arremon semitorquatusHalf-collared sparrowsoutheastern Brazil.
Arremon schlegeliGolden-winged sparrowColombia and Venezuela.
Arremon abeilleiBlack-capped sparrowEcuador and Peru
Arremon flavirostrisSaffron-billed sparrowArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay


This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[1] [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.
  2. ↑ Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo. 2010. Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 152-176.
  3. ↑ Donegan, T. M., J. E. Avendaño-C., E. R. Briceño-L., AND B. Huertas. 2007. Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia’s new national park. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127: 172-212.
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