Arremon
| Arremon | |
|---|---|
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| Orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Arremon Vieillot, 1816 |
Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the Emberizidae family. With the exception of the green-striped brush finch, which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, with a few reaching Central America.
Species
- Sooty-faced finch (Arremon crassirostris)
- Olive finch (Arremon castaneiceps)
- Chestnut-capped brush finch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Green-striped brush finch (Arremon virenticeps)
- Black-headed brush finch (Arremon atricapillus)
- Costa Rican brush finch (Arremon costaricensis)
- Sierra Nevada brush finch (Arremon basilicus)
- Perija brush finch (Arremon perijanus)
- Caracas brush finch (Arremon phaeopleurus)
- Paria brush finch (Arremon phygas)
- Grey-browed brush finch (Arremon assimilis)
- White-browed brush finch (Arremon torquatus)
- Orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus)
- São Francisco sparrow (Arremon franciscanus)
- Half-collared sparrow (Arremon semitorquatus)
- Golden-winged sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)
- Black-capped sparrow (Arremon abeillei)
- Saffron-billed sparrow (Arremon flavirostris)
- Guerrero brush finch (Arremon kuehnerii)
This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[1] [2] [3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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