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.
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.

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. The name is from the Classical greek arrhēmōn meaning "silent" or "without speech". The pectoral sparrow had been given the French name "L'Oiseau Silencieux" by the polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779.
The genus contains 19 species.
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 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.