Paria brushfinch

The Paria brushfinch (Arremon phygas) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near the edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in the Venezuelan Coastal Range.

Paria brushfinch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. phygas
Binomial name
Arremon phygas
(Berlepsch, 1912)
Synonyms

Arremon torquatus phygas
Buarremon phygas

Taxonomy

The Paria brushfinch was often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species, on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics.[2] The SACC split the group in 2010.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Arremon phygas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22724917A104268890. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724917A104268890.en. Downloaded on 04 February 2018.
  2. Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo (2009). 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
  • South American Classification Committee (September 2010). "Proposal (#468) to South American Classification Committee – Species limits in Arremon torquatus". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
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