Green-backed sparrow
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Arremonops |
| Species: | A. chloronotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861) | |
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The green-backed sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family that is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Subspecies and distribution
This bird has two subspecies. Arremonops chloronotus chloronotus inhabits the Caribbean slope and southeastern part of Mexico from Tabasco and northeastern Chiapas to the southern part of Yucatán and Quintana Roo. It can also be found in northern and eastern Guatemala. Arremonops chloronotus twomeyi can be found in the Olancho and Yoro departments of north-central Honduras.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Arremonops chloronotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)
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