Arremon
Pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Tanagra taciturna
Hermann, 1783

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]

Taxonomy

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
Arremon crassirostris Sooty-faced finch Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia
Arremon castaneiceps Olive finch Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
Arremon brunneinucha Chestnut-capped brushfinch central Mexico to southeastern Peru.
Arremon virenticeps Green-striped brushfinch Mexico
Arremon atricapillus Black-headed brushfinch Colombia and Panama
Arremon costaricensis Costa Rican brushfinch Panama and Costa Rica
Arremon basilicus Sierra Nevada brushfinch northern Colombia
Arremon perijanus Perija brushfinch northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela
Arremon phaeopleurus Caracas brushfinch Venezuela
Arremon phygas Paria brushfinch Venezuela
Arremon assimilis Grey-browed brushfinch Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru.
Arremon torquatus White-browed brushfinch Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru
Arremon aurantiirostris Orange-billed sparrow Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Arremon taciturnus Pectoral sparrow Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Arremon franciscanus São Francisco sparrow Rio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
Arremon semitorquatus Half-collared sparrow southeastern Brazil.
Arremon dorbignii Stripe-crowned sparrow base of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest Argentina
Arremon schlegeli Golden-winged sparrow Colombia and Venezuela.
Arremon abeillei Black-capped sparrow Ecuador and Peru
Arremon flavirostris Saffron-billed sparrow Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay

This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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.
  5. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 182.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  8. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.012. PMID 17275342.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.

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