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.
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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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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]
Taxonomy
editThe 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]
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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 | Moss-backed 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 | southwesr Ecuador and northwest Peru |
| Arremon nigriceps (split from A. abeillei) | Marañón sparrow | northern 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.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 641. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1780). "L'Oiseau Silencieux". Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (in French). Vol. 7. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale. pp. 429–430.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 182.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2024). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ Cadena, C.D.; Klicka, J.; Ricklefs, R.E. (2007). "Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (3): 993–1016. Bibcode:2007MolPE..44..993C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.012. PMID 17275342.
- ^ Cadena, Carlos Daniel; Cuervo, Andrés M. (2010). "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. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01333.x.
- ^ Donegan, T.M.; Avendaño-C, J.E.; Briceño-L, E.R.; Huertas, B. (September 2007). "Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia's new national park". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 127 (3): 172–212.
