Arremon

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.

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

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 Jean Pierre Vieillot in his Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire to accommodate the pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus).[2] The name is from the Classical 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 19 species.[6]

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 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.[7][8][9]

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 Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire (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). Volume 7. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale. pp. 429–430.
5. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 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. 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.
8. 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.
9. Donegan, T.M.; Avendaño-C, J.E.; Briceño-L, E.R.; Huertas, B. (2007). "Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia's new national park": 172–212. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Media related to Arremon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Arremon at Wikispecies