Green-backed sparrow

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Green-backed sparrow
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremonops
Species:
A. chloronotus
Binomial name
Arremonops chloronotus
(Salvin, 1861)
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Synonyms
  • Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861)
  • Arremonops twomeyi Monroe, 1963

The green-backed sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae that is found in Belize, northern Guatemala, western Honduras and southern Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, 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 is found in the Olancho and Yoro departments of north-central Honduras. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Arremonops chloronotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22721398A138547311. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721398A138547311.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)