Grey-browed brushfinch

The grey-browed brushfinch, or gray-stripped brushfinch, (Arremon assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It lives 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 Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru.

Grey-browed brushfinch
A. a. assimilis, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. assimilis
Binomial name
Arremon assimilis
(Boissonneau, 1840)
Synonyms

Arremon torquatus assimilis
Buarremon assimilis

Taxonomy

The grey-browed 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 assimilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724905A104267109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724905A104267109.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  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
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