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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Arremon crassirostrisSooty-faced finchCosta Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia
Arremon castaneicepsOlive finchColombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
Arremon brunneinuchaChestnut-capped brushfinchcentral Mexico to southeastern Peru.
Arremon virenticepsGreen-striped brushfinchMexico
Arremon atricapillusBlack-headed brushfinchColombia and Panama
Arremon costaricensisCosta Rican brushfinchPanama and Costa Rica
Arremon basilicusSierra Nevada brushfinchnorthern Colombia
Arremon perijanusPerija brushfinchnortheast Colombia and northwest Venezuela
Arremon phaeopleurusCaracas brushfinchVenezuela
Arremon phygasParia brushfinchVenezuela
Arremon assimilisGrey-browed brushfinchVenezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru.
Arremon torquatusWhite-browed brushfinchArgentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru
Arremon aurantiirostrisOrange-billed sparrowBelize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Arremon taciturnusPectoral sparrowBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Arremon franciscanusSão Francisco sparrowRio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
Arremon semitorquatusHalf-collared sparrowsoutheastern Brazil.
Arremon dorbignii Stripe-crowned sparrow base of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest Argentina
Arremon schlegeliGolden-winged sparrowColombia and Venezuela.
Arremon abeilleiBlack-capped sparrowEcuador and Peru
Arremon flavirostrisSaffron-billed sparrowArgentina, 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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