Arremon

Arremon
Orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Arremon
Vieillot, 1816

Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the Emberizidae family. With the exception of the green-striped brush finch, which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, with a few reaching Central America.

Species

This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[1] [2] [3]

References

  1. Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (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.
  2. Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo. 2010. Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 152-176.
  3. Donegan, T. M., J. E. Avendaño-C., E. R. Briceño-L., AND B. Huertas. 2007. Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia’s new national park. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127: 172-212.
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