Arremon

Arremon
	Pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
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 Jean 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]

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

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.
Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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.
Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 182.
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.
"Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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.
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.
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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[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 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.

[ioc-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.