Arremon | |
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Pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: |
Arremon Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Tanagra taciturna
Hermann, 1783
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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 20 species. [6] [7]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Arremon crassirostris | Sooty-faced finch | Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia |
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Arremon castaneiceps | Olive finch | Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru |
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Arremon brunneinucha | Chestnut-capped brushfinch | central Mexico to southeastern Peru. |
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Arremon virenticeps | Green-striped brushfinch | Mexico |
Arremon atricapillus | Black-headed brushfinch | Colombia and Panama | |
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Arremon costaricensis | Costa Rican brushfinch | Panama and Costa Rica |
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Arremon basilicus | Sierra Nevada brushfinch | northern Colombia |
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Arremon perijanus | Perija brushfinch | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela |
Arremon phaeopleurus | Caracas brushfinch | Venezuela | |
Arremon phygas | Paria brushfinch | Venezuela | |
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Arremon assimilis | Grey-browed brushfinch | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru. |
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Arremon torquatus | White-browed brushfinch | Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru |
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Arremon aurantiirostris | Orange-billed sparrow | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama |
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Arremon taciturnus | Pectoral sparrow | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
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Arremon franciscanus | São Francisco sparrow | Rio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Arremon semitorquatus | Half-collared sparrow | southeastern Brazil. |
Arremon dorbignii | Stripe-crowned sparrow | base of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest Argentina | |
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Arremon schlegeli | Golden-winged sparrow | Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Arremon abeillei | Black-capped sparrow | Ecuador and Peru |
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Arremon flavirostris | Saffron-billed sparrow | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay |
This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus. [8] [9] [10]