Sooty-faced finch

Sooty-faced finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Arremon
Species: A. crassirostris
Binomial name
Arremon crassirostris
(Cassin, 1865)
Synonyms

Lysurus crassirostris

The sooty-faced finch (Arremon crassirostris) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Lysurus.[2]

It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon crassirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, June 27, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.