Caracas brushfinch

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Caracas brushfinch
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. phaeopleurus
Binomial name
Arremon phaeopleurus
(Bangs, 1898)
Arremon phaeopleurus map.svg
Synonyms

Arremon torquatus phaeopleurus
Buarremon phaeopleurus

The Caracas brushfinch (Arremon phaeopleurus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.

It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in the Venezuelan Coastal Range.

Taxonomy

The Caracas brushfinch was often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics. [2] SACC split the group in 2010.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Arremon phaeopleurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22724911A104268558. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724911A104268558.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo (2009). Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(1): 152-176