Orange-billed sparrow

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Orange-billed sparrow
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. aurantiirostris
Binomial name
Arremon aurantiirostris
Lafresnaye, 1847
Arremon aurantiirostris map.svg

The orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. In Central America it is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. In northwestern South America the orange-billed sparrow is found in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. The species are black and as the name suggests, have an orange bill. [2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Arremon aurantiirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22721367A137027956. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721367A137027956.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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