Arremon | |
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Pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Arremon Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Tanagra taciturna Hermann, 1783 |
Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the family Passerellidae. With the exception of the green-striped brushfinch which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, with a few reaching Central America.
These sparrows are found in lowland woodlands and forests where they usually forage on the ground. They have olive or grey upperparts with a black head. Many have a white line above the eye and some have a black band across the breast. [1]
The genus Arremon was erected in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in his Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire to accommodate the pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus). [2] The name is from the Ancient Greek arrhēmōn meaning "silent" or "without speech". [3] The pectoral sparrow had been given the French name "L'Oiseau Silencieux" by the polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779. [4] [5]
The genus contains 21 species. [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Arremon crassirostris | Sooty-faced finch | Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia | |
Arremon castaneiceps | Olive finch | Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru | |
Arremon brunneinucha | Chestnut-capped brushfinch | central Mexico to southeastern Peru. | |
Arremon virenticeps | Green-striped brushfinch | Mexico | |
Arremon atricapillus | Black-headed brushfinch | Colombia and Panama | |
Arremon costaricensis | Costa Rican brushfinch | Panama and Costa Rica | |
Arremon basilicus | Sierra Nevada brushfinch | northern Colombia | |
Arremon perijanus | Perija brushfinch | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela | |
Arremon phaeopleurus | Caracas brushfinch | Venezuela | |
Arremon phygas | Paria brushfinch | Venezuela | |
Arremon assimilis | Grey-browed brushfinch | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru. | |
Arremon torquatus | White-browed brushfinch | Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru | |
Arremon aurantiirostris | Orange-billed sparrow | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama | |
Arremon taciturnus | Pectoral sparrow | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. | |
Arremon franciscanus | São Francisco sparrow | Rio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
Arremon semitorquatus | Half-collared sparrow | southeastern Brazil. | |
Arremon dorbignii | Moss-backed sparrow | base of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest Argentina | |
Arremon schlegeli | Golden-winged sparrow | Colombia and Venezuela. | |
Arremon abeillei | Black-capped sparrow | southwesr Ecuador and northwest Peru | |
Arremon nigriceps (split from A. abeillei) | Marañón sparrow | northern Peru | |
Arremon flavirostris | Saffron-billed sparrow | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay | |
This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus. [7] [8] [9]
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